Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1950 volume:

The Conning Tower TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR’S MESSAGE 3 CONNING TOWER STAFF 4 DEDICATION 6 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 7 FACULTY 9 GRADUATES 19 CLASS DIRECTORY 42 LOST OR STRAYED 43 REMEMBER WHEN ? 44 CLASS ODE 46 POEM, “WHEN I’M LONELY” 47 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL 48 UNDERCLASSMEN 49 POEM, “BABYTOES” 58 ACTIVITIES 59 INFORMAL SNAPSHOTS 81 2 A WORD OF THANKS 87 Editor’s Message We, the editors and staff, in compiling this edition of the annual college yearbook, THE CONNING TOWER, have considered it both an honor and a delight to be entrusted with such an important undertaking as that of a final record of the class of 1950. We have tried to give the yearbook a “facelifting”—a new twist—so to speak, so that it might be considered by all of its readers as something truly memorable, and increase in its intrinsic value as the great diesel of time thrusts onward. The significant details of college life which appear in this volume tell their own stories, they portray memories of acquaintances and incidents worthy of being remembered. If, as you turn these few pages, you gain a better perspective as to what makes college life such an enjoyable and worthwhile experience, then we will have succeeded in fulfilling our objective. 3 The Editor Conning Tower Staff Editor-in-chie Paul O'Neil Associate Editor Barbara Boyd Art Editor Jean Brackett .Associate Art Editors Joann Weeks Patricia Stevens Literary Editor Cecilia Gregg Associate Literary Editors Andrew Cushing Pauline Wright Leslie Barden Photography Editor Timothy Connell Faculty Advisor .......... Associate Photography Editors Thayer Wade Constance West Business Editor Earl Cayes Associate Business Editors Marjorie Lee Barbara Hoyt Advertising Editor Henry Bresell Associate Advertising Editors Roger Guillemette Jean Dodge Douglas Harlow Junior Class Representatives Elizabeth Annis Peter Brown Elizabeth Doolittle Mary Lyon Hall 5 r S DEDICATION Often during the course of a college career one encounters persons who are willing to spend time and effort beyond the ordinary requirements in assisting students in their daily problems. There is however another type which by sheer personal magnetism together with an extreme attitude of co-operation wins a special place in the hearts and memories of the students. Mr Cummings has been with us since we entered Plymouth Teachers College in the fall of 1946. He has never failed us when the going seemed to be difficult, but he aided and inspired us to do greater things until new records in many fields of accomplishment were set. Mr Cummings not only gave much direct assistance but was indispensable in making our ideas and wishes known to the administration and faculty; a liaison service without which much of our efforts would have been in vain. To a man who never asked but always gave, we, the class of 1950, dedicate this yearbook. It is but a small measure of our deep appreciation. 6 The President’s Message It has often been said that only changed men can make a changed world. The changing or modification of human behavior constitutes the broad task of education. Is it too much to predict that those who graduate in mid-century and who enter the profession of teaching will see in their time progress through education toward a world in which there is “freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear?” The alternative is a world of strife, chaos, and despair The race between education and catastrophe is keen. We must make our energies count on the side of education. To all the graduates of the Class of 1950, may I say for the faculty and staff, “Our best wishes go with you.” 7 Russell House “A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops.” —Henry B. Adams % Officers of the Administration Howard R. Jones President University of Minnesota, B.S., M.A., Yale University, Ph.D. Ruth Griffiths Dean of Student Personnel Lowell State Teachers College, B.S. in Ed., Boston University, M.A. Lee B. Henry Dean of Men, Languages Amherst College, A.B., University of New Hampshire, M.Ed., University of Dijon, Diplome de Francais Ella Batchelder Kindergarten Graduate, Plymouth Teachers College M. Priscilla Alden Physical Education Sargent School for Physical Education, Boston University, B.S., Columbia University, M.A. Anne C. Booth Supervising Teacher Teachers College, Columbia University, B.S., M.A. Francis Douglas Bowles Supervising Teacher University of New Hampshire, B.A. John B. Bouchard Elementary Education Syracuse University, B.S. Ed., M.S. Ed., Ed. D. Ruth Olive Bozarth Social Studies Illinois State Normal University, B. Ed., Teachers College, Columbia University, A.M. Anna Bean Brown Supervising Teacher Simmons College; University of Maine, B.S., University of New Hampshire, Ed.M. Frank A. Cummings English, Veteran’s Registrar University of Vermont, B.S. in Ed., M.A. Elah Cowart Supervising Teacher Georgia State College; Teachers College, Columbia University, B.S., M.A. Alice Mary Danes Supervising Teacher Oswego State Teachers College, B.E., New York University, M.A. Elizabeth Whiting Doolittle Librarian Bates College, A.B., Simmons College, School of Library Science, B.S. Stella Hughes Durkee Principal of Elementary School, Director of Elementary Student Teaching; Castleton State Normal School, B.E., University of Vermont, Ed.M. Robert John Ernst Business Education Iowa State Teachers College, A.B., State University of Iowa, A.M. Karl Drerup Fine Arts Vereinigte Staatsschulen, Berlin, Meisterschuler Certificate; Royal Academy and Kunsthisto-risches Institut, Florence, Italy John C. Foley English, Physical Education St. Anselm’s College, B.A., Boston University, M.A. Clarence D. Hart Supervising Teacher State Teachers College, West Chester, Pa., B.S. in Ed., University of Pennsylvania, M.S. in Ed. Elmer B. Fulton Headmaster, Orford High School Dartmouth College, A.B. Natalie A. Hopkins Supervising Teacher Graduate, Plymouth Teachers College Lulu M. Hoyt Supervising Teacher Boston University, B.S. in Ed., M. Ed. Regis A. Horace Business Education Plymouth Teachers College, B. Ed., Boston Uni versity, M. Ed. Harry E. Kenney Secondary Education, Director of Secondary Student Teaching University of New Hampshire, B.S., M.Ed. Hans P Jorgensen Music American Conservatory of Music, B.M. in Ed., M.Ed. Charles B. Kinney Social Studies Lebanon Valley College, A.B., Teachers College, Columbia University, M.A. Sarah Cauley Leahy Home Economics Framingham Normal School, Boston University, B.S. in Ed., A.M. Thelma Weick MacFarlane Supervising Teacher Willimantic State Teachers College, B.S., Teachers College, Columbia University, M.A. Dorothy Burke O’Neill Supervising Teacher Plymouth Teachers College, B. Ed. Ruth Fox Merrill Supervising Teacher Lowell Teachers College, B. Ed., Boston University, Ed. M. Albert Merrill Supervising Teacher Plymouth Teachers College, B. Ed. Murray G. Phillips Physical Sciences City College of New York, B.S., Teachers College, Columbia University, M.A. Geneva May Smith Mathematics Boston University, B.S. in Ed., University of Maine, B.A. Marion Katherine Seavey Elementary Education, Remedial Reading Clinic Boston University, B.S. in Ed., M. Ed. Ellen Smith Tapply Supervising Teacher Plymouth Teachers College, B. Ed. Raymond L. Walter Science Ohio State University, B.S. in Ed., M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University, Ed. D. Evelyn Marguerite Waugh Social Studies University of Maine, B. Pd., A.B., University of California, A.M. Rachel Merrill Wright Supervising Teacher Plymouth Teachers College, B. Ed., University of New Hampshire, M. Ed. Leila E. Broughton Dormitory Supervisor, Hall Dormitory Columbia University, B.S., A.M. Enid F Randall Assistant Librarian, Manager Bookstore Plymouth Teachers College, B. Ed. Sue Elias Secretary Shirley M. Selleck Secretary to the President Annie E. Sheridan, R. N. Nurse Gertrude S. Silver Administrative Assistant Emma J Walker Dormitory Supervisor Mary Lyon Hall Helen Evans Walter Registrar John Fletcher College, B.A. Jean York Secretary, Elementary School “This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man” —Shakespeare Presenting the Qass °f 1950 0 0 4 4 and its history We, the class of 1950, would like to briefly recapitulate our four years here at Plymouth Teachers College, which indeed, have been memorable ones, filled with expert professional training, fun and pleasure in the all-important extra-curricular activities, and finally, in the gaining of everlasting friendships. Many noteworthy changes took place on campus when our class “came aboard” in 1946. These were changes that the college seemed to be prepared for and welcomed. As you all know, the college, in this our initial year, was placed under the leadership of a new figure in education in this state, namely, Dr Howard R. Jones. His sincere interest in education, his dynamic personality, and his high professional standards were attributes that we were quick to recognize and strive to follow Dr Jones’ predecessor, the late 20 Dr Ernest L. Silver, president emeritus, indeed set the pace for our new president, having devoted his entire life to education and its perpetuation in American democracy In those early days in September, 1946, veterans were establishing beach heads on hundreds of college campuses throughout our country, and indeed Plymouth was a typical example of this sudden demand for a higher education. Our class was large. Necessary changes in campus facilities were quickly instigated. Hall Dormitory was given over to house the male college students, Russell House became the headquarters for the men students pursuing courses to finish their high school education, cut short because of their adherence to the call to duty Because classes at Rounds Hall were indicative of expansion, some were held in the Little Theatre, Livermore Hall, and some in the rooms adjacent to the college book store. A most significant development brought about by the class of 1950 was the beginning of the inter-collegiate sports program. So ambitious was our desire to start basketball that one of our classmates, William Wood, of Berlin, donated his services as student-coach, piloting the team until the beginning of the second semester when the college was fortunate enough to acquire the services of our most able coach and physical education director, John Foley A men’s baseball team was started the following spring of 1947, to further answer the demands of students seeking a well-developed college education. The outstanding records of our basketball and baseball teams during their early stages of growth through to the present day speak for themselves—a record of which we are all proud. Intramural sports gained considerable momentum during our latter two years of college, culminating in an organized whole in 1949-50, directed by students engaged in the duties of a new course in Community Recreation. When our class reached that all-important phase of its professional training—student teaching—the college met its needs by deviating from the regular procedure. No longer did secondary trainees go to Orford solely, but high schools as far south as Goffstown and northward to Berlin accommodated our student teachers. Superintendents and headmasters throughout the state were eager to engage these future teachers in their schools and to guide them through their first direct teaching experiences. Another equally significant development the college underwent, while the class of ’50 progressed, was the inclusion of the early childhood education program. Some of our able classmates showed their interest and ability in working with youth at the kindergarten level. During 1949-50 Plymouth Teachers College aided in an acute shortage of elementary school teachers by introducing a conversion program, whereby secondary trainees could concentrate their efforts toward the elementary curriculum to alleviate somewhat this crucial situation. In conjunction with the State Board of Education, the college set up a special curriculum emphasizing elementary education in the senior year, at the conclusion of which a certificate (in addition to the secondary standing already earned) was awarded showing their qualification to teach in the elementary school. We boast of having several class members who enrolled in this special program. Space does not permit us to be all-inclusive in this class history; for instance, we have not mentioned the fact that during our four years at Plymouth, there developed a musical group known as the A Cappella Choir This choir, now consisting of some 21 eighty voices has pleased audiences on campus, in the community, in the state, and indeed, in New England. By so doing, this choir has gained considerable recognition for our college. No mention is made of the adoption of the two-year liberal arts program in 1946, which is still in existence, nor have we recorded herein the inclusion into the curriculum of foreign languages, which came as a direct result of the request of a few of our class members. Thus, it is clearly evident that our college was suffering from a severe case of “growing pains” during our professional training. We, the class of 1950, have just begun to climb the ladder of professional and personal achievement. To stop here would be unthinkable! Our individual records are by no means complete. We have acquired the professional requisites with which to begin our work; now comes the real test. We go forward then, with confidence and optimism. Paul O’Neil President, Class of 1950 22 Secondary Education Curriculum “The primary concern of American education today is not the development of the appreciation of the ‘good life’ in young gentlemen born to the purple. Our purpose is to cultivate in the largest number of our future citizens an appreciation both of the responsibilities and the benefits which come to them because they are American and free” —James B. Conant The preparation that high school students make to carry on the business of living is of utmost importance. We must strive to fit them well for the tasks that lay before them. Too often in the past only a mediocre job was done in this respect. We, the secondary graduates of the class of 1950, expect to improve the record. We have the necessary tools. If we apply them wisely and energetically there can be no doubt that our function in society will be fulfilled. Four years ago the intricacies and problems of education were all unknown to us. Since that time we have slowly wound our way up the difficult path that leads to our first goal, a professional degree. Little did we realize that we were to enter upon such an important undertaking as that which controls the hidden potential of youth and ultimately illuminates the destiny of the world. Indeed, the responsibility which we are about to assume would stagger any of lesser stature though they be giants in their own way The future of youth rests in our hands, just as is depicted by the design on the cover of this book. Three courses are left open to us in this respect: we can crush them, we can drop them into the oblivion of their own short-sighted ways; or we can lift them to even greater heights. The latter course is the only one open to those of us who would enjoy nights of peaceful slumber Andrew Cushing 23 LESLIE O. BARDEN METHUEN, MASSACHUSETTS BARBARA J BOYD GROVETON, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies HENRY L. BREMNER PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE English ERNEST L. BUCKLIN ALEXANDRIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies also Elementary Certificate 24 DAVID CHENELL NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE Languages TIMOTHY B. CONNELL BRANFORD, CONNECTICUT Social Studies ANDREW C. CUSHING FRANKLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE English LOUIS DE LA BRUERE GROVETON, NEW HAMPSHIRE Science, Mathematics 25 ANTHONY GUARINO LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE English ROGER A. GUILLEMETTE MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies also Elementary Certificate DOUGLAS HARLOW PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies HARRY J KATSIKAS MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE 26 English LEO LANDROCHE ASHLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies also Elementary Certificate MARJORIE LEE PIKE, NEW HAMPSHIRE English LAWRENCE LENNON CENTER HARBOR, NEW HAMPSHIRE English PAUL LESTER MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies 27 john McGrath CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE Languages ROBERT MOULTON PITTSFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies NORMAN H. MULLEN BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE Languages DAVID O’BRIEN CAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE Science, Mathematics 28 PAUL L. O’NEIL NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies also Elementary Certificate HARRY PEACH PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE Science, Mathematics ROGER PERSON PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies JOYCE SAUNDERS CAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE 29 English JOHN STOHRER CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE English MARK SYLVESTRE PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE Science, Mathematics ARTHUR P TUTTLE ROBERT UPHAM PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE English PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE English 30 CARL VAN DE BOGART PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE Science, Mathematics PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE Science, Mathematics THAYER WADE PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies also Elementary Certificate CONSTANCE WEST NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE English 31 FREDERICK L. WEST, JR. NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies JOHN MAGOON WOODSVILLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE Social Studies “Educational relations make the strongest tie.” —Cecil Rhodes 32 Elementary Education Curriculum “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life” —Plato Elementary training is hard work, but it is deeply satisfying. An elementary graduate either stands or falls through his attitude toward children. There are many tender and heart-warming experiences in teaching on this level which make the hard work worthwhile. You are correct if you say that the elementary field is rich in methods courses and observation lessons which provide a splendid picture of ways and means and procedure. Liberal arts, methods, and observation, these three together prepare the student fully for his student teaching. You must, with the simplicity of a child, believe that you are capable of undertaking any activity in elementary training, and you must prove it to yourself and to others by doing it. The elementary trainee, if he is honest, will admit that he himself makes his student teaching what it is. Let the prospective teacher fix in his mind the maxim which sums up the spirit of elementary education. You do not teach subjects, you teach children! If you teach with any other purpose, you shall have failed. Cecilia R. Gregg Pauline Wright 33 JEAN BRACKETT MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE ROBERTA CHRISTIE LITTLETON, NEW HAMPSHIRE MARYELIZABETH CAYES VVHITEF1ELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE 34 GRACE CUNNINGHAM WOLFEBORO, NEW HAMPSHIRE CECILIA R. GREGG CONWAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE BARBARA HOYT FRANKLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE ISABEL MORRILL ROSAMUND ORR PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRICIA STEVENS DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE LISBON, NEW HAMPSHIRE “Their noonday never knows What names immortal are— ’Tis night alone that shows How star surpasseth star ” —John Bannister Tabb 36 Early Childhood Education Curriculum “’Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.” —Alexander Pope In the fall of 1948 a new curriculum was introduced at Plymouth, that of Early Child-hood Education, in order that those girls interested in very young children might specialize on that level. The break from elementary has, of course, been gradual. However, with the assistance of Mr Henry Haskell, who joined the faculty this year, progress is rapidly being made. Already many girls have transferred to the new curriculum and eventually it will be recognized in its own right. One who understands five and six-year-olds will know why working with these children is so satisfying. Seldom, after kindergarten and first grade are children as eager to learn, as willing to help; as vibrant in personality; as physically exhuberant, and as full of mischief, yet so completely lovable. We are doubly proud of Plymouth Teachers College because of its meeting another student demand, and for spearheading a new development in the training of teachers in this section of the country Jean Dodge Joann Weeks 37 JEAN L. DODGE WEARE, NEW HAMPSHIRE LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE “On the first day of school They pour into their seats, Little nonentities, All frowsy, All the same, Like so much batter in cake-rings. Then they begin to rise, Each reveals a separate sweetness and a worth All his own.” —Virginia Church 38 The Business Education Curriculum “If everybody minded their oivn business, the world would go around a deal faster than it does.” —Lewis Carroll I would go even further than the Duchess in Alice in Wonderland and say that if everyone understood business, our society would be much better off. Business is an essential part of our complex civilization. Because of its importance in the satisfying of human wants, business has developed tremendously No one can live in our modern society without coming into contact with business in one or more of its many phases. We are all consumers. Most of us are employed in some type of work. Some of us are part owners or owners of business enterprises. Since everyone comes into contact with business, everyone needs business education. In the past the business curriculum has too often been reserved for those students who intended to enter the business field. The business department of the high school has also been used as a dumping ground for many of the students who were not considered good college material. A great number of people had the misconception that all there was to becoming a successful stenographer was to take the courses in shorthand and typing. If a student wasn’t interested in shorthand, he could substitute bookkeeping and that solved his problem. Business is one of the most exacting fields into which a person may enter In business, as in other fields, there are places for people of varying abilities and interests. The clerical field offers opportunities for those people who like and can do routine jobs. The secretarial field requires people with initiative and much general information as well as the required skills. The field of accounting calls for people who can understand economics, law, business organization, management, and marketing. In each of these fields, and in other fields of business, there are positions requiring varying degrees of skill and intelligence. Students in business need a background of general knowledge, and students in other fields need a general knowledge of business. People entering business as a vocation need a much broader training in the various fields than those who are taking it for its social-economic value. Business majors need the background subjects plus the special skills. In the beginning of its history business education consisted chiefly of courses in handwriting, arithmetic, and simple accounts. Business education has come a long way since then, but its progress has been slow The changes that came were a result of the expanding needs of business, which clamored for better-trained workers. Today the business curricula of our high schools still contain a number of technical subjects, but the trend is toward more basic courses for everyone and less specialization until students are more mature. Yes, we have come a long way since business was introduced into the Latin Grammar School and we intend to keep improving business instruction until every person who graduates from high school will have a background in business that will enable him to make the most out of his business contacts and to get the most out of life. 39 Dorothy Eichel EARL CAYES PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE ANNE DE LA BRUERE ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE Km JOYCE EASTMAN ASHLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE DOROTHY EICHEL FREDERICK JACOBS NEWPORT, NEW HAMPSHIRE MARGARET ROCK LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE “An educated man stands, as it were, in the midst of a boundless arsenal and magazine, filled with all the weapons and engines which man’s skill has been able to devise from the earliest time ” 41 —Thomas Carlyle Senior Class Directory Barden, Leslie 0. Boyd, Barbara Jean Brackett, Jean Bremner, Henry L. Bresell, Henry B. Bucklin, Ernest L. Cayes, Earl T Cayes, Maryelizabeth Chenell, David Christie, Roberta Connell, Timothy Cunningham, Grace Cushing, Andrew De La Bruere, Anne De La Bruere, Louis Dodge, Jean L. Eastman, Joyce Eichel, Dorothy Gregg, Cecilia Guarino, Anthony Guillemette, Roger A. Harlow, Douglas Hoyt, Barbara Jacobs, Frederick Katsikas, Harry Landroche, Leo Lee, Marjorie Lennon, Lawrence Lester, Paul Magoon, John McGrath, John Morrill, Isabel Moulton, Robert Mullen, Norman O’Brien, David O’Neil, Paul Orr, Rosamund Peach, Harry Person, Roger Rock, Margaret Saunders, Joyce Stevens, Patricia Stohrer, John Sylvestre, Mark Tuttle, Arthur Upham, Robert Van de Bogart, Carl Wade, David Wade, Thayer Weeks, Joann West, Constance West, Frederick Leo, Jr Wright, Pauline 40 Tilton St., Methuen, Mass. Box 334, Groveton, N H. 1678 Elm St., Manchester, N H. 6 Pleasant St., Plymouth, N H. 152 Elm St., Claremont, N H. R.F.D. 1, Bristol, N H. Broadway, Plymouth, N H. Broadway, Plymouth, N H. 59 Chestnut St., Nashua, N H. 75 Jackson St., Littleton, N H. Box 173, Branford, Conn. Green St., Wolfeboro, N H. 51 West Bow St., Franklin, N H. 82 Langdon St., Plymouth, N H. 82 Langdon St., Plymouth, N H. Weare, N H. Main St., Ashland, N H. Shelburne, N H. Washington St., Conway, N H. 73 Church St., Lebanon, N H. 404 Belmont St., Manchester, N H. 78 Highland St., Plymouth, N H. 82 Orchard St., Franklin, N H. 408 Sunapee St., Newport, N H. 653 Brown Ave., Manchester, N H. Ashland, N H. Pike, N H. Center Harbor, N H. 41 West Bridge St., Manchester, N H. Plymouth, N H. 8 Essex St., Concord, N H. R.F.D. 2, Littleton, N H. 27 Catamount St., Pittsfield, N H. 89 Laboissier St., Berlin, N H. Campton, N H. 10 Norton St., Nashua, N H. Texas Road, Plymouth, N H. Amherst, N H. 3 Cummings St., Plymouth, N H. 62 Elm St., Lebanon, N H. Campton, N H. 61 Mill Road, Durham, N H. Concord, N H. Plymouth, N H. 77 Langdon St., Plymouth, N H. Plymouth, N H. 22 High St., Plymouth, N H. Plymouth, N H. Plymouth, N H. Gunstock Hill Farm, Laconia, N H. 2 Fowell Ave., Nashua, N H. 2 Fowell Ave., Nashua, N H. R.F.D. 1, Lisbon, N H. 42 Class of 1950 Lost or Strayed The people whose names appear below matriculated at Plymouth Teachers College in September, 1946, but for various and sundry reasons left prior to graduation. We mention them here to recall friendships and old acquaintances. We think that wherever they are now, they too, remember us and our college and days well spent. Ash, Allen H. Plymouth Michel, George C. Franklin Barton, Richard Plymouth Mijal, Chester Manchester Bassett, Joseph P Plymouth Munn, Betsy Colebrook Bean, Marshall Stratham Nerbonne, John A. Concord Bourke, Edward A. Manchester Nichols, Alfred H. Wolfeboro Byzinski, Cecile Franklin Nichols, Ann Woodstock Cauldon, Nancy Plymouth Noyes, Ethel Goffstown Champagne, Rita Manchester Nyhan, Daniel J Medford, Mass. Clark, Chester W., Jr Concord Pantellis, Michael A. Manchester Cole, Edward R. Plymouth Petterson, Waldo Manchester Cole, Malcolm West Lebanon Pfeuffer, Theodore Quincy Corbett, John Concord Pickwick, H. Curtis Lisbon Crinnian, John New York City Rayno, Barbara Franklin Davis, Carl E. Laconia Ready, William T Manchester Downing, Beth Plymouth Richelson, Irwin Plymouth Dubreuil, Robert H. Lancaster Robie, Frank Woodsville Eastman, Forrest G Lancaster Russell, Marcel A. Manchester Ellis, Raymond G Hudson. Robinson, Donald Bristol Farrell, Bert T Manchester Santerre, Robert U Nashua Feltch, Kenneth Medford, Mass. Sargent, Harrison A. Plymouth Fifield, Raymond T West Lebanon Shanahan, George R. Plymouth Gardner, John B. Candia Sheffield, Harold S. Bristol Goss, Arnold S. Lakeport Shenk, Vincent Lakeport Harmon, Phillip G Conway Sienko, Frederick Reeds Ferry Heath, Donald E. Concord Sinclair, Pauline Laconia Hogan, Fred A. Winthrop, Mass. Sotos, Peter C. Winthrop, Mass. Hopkins, John H., Jr Plymouth Stonesifer, Betty North Hampton Hunkins, Marcel T Manchester Stuhlmann, Janet Plymouth Jean, Norman Nashua Sullo, Edward J Medford, Mass. Karafotis, Chris Manchester Tatarinsky, Jack B. Manchester Keough, John Berlin Taylor, George H. Concord Keough, Robert B. Berlin Thompson, Earl W Canaan Kanoules, John J Manchester Tilson, C. Douglas Candia Kukla, Joseph A. Manchester Turmelle, Rosalie Plymouth Knox, Edward C., Jr Dover Venne, Richard C. Concord Leone, Chester W Plymouth Wallis, Nancy Sanbornton Lewis, Walter Bethlehem Walsh, James F., Jr Winthrop, Mass. Manfre, Robert M. Medford, Mass. Weston, Robert P Concord Martin, Thomas Barry Woods vi lie Willis, Albert C. Eliot, Maine Mayne, Dorothy Plymouth Wittum, Hope Laconia Michales, Harvey J Plymouth Wood, William F., Jr Berlin 43 Remember When . . . ? Katsikas was one of the few men on campus? The college fought a forest fire? The golf team halved a golf match? Mrs. Walker heard the alarm clocks? The library was changed into a ball room? Rats invaded Mary Lyon Hall? The “sob sisters” lost a week-end? The fire bell mysteriously rang in Mary Lyon? We hid a man in a closet? “Hodge-Podge” lost her bed? Russell House lobby was a week-end restaurant? “Moon” found his bedding out the window? Keough broke up house-keeping? “Bobbie”, Mary and Anne made a trip to the North Country? The boys gave Bob Weston a stag party? “Beth” climbed in the window with all those bottles of milk? Mr Ernst was no longer feared by the business education kids? Peggy was put to bed? Ryan took his extensive trip ’round the world? The bowling alley wasn’t quite so popular for bowling? Smoking wasn’t allowed? “Konny” went student teaching? “Hoytie” spent a semester without Harold? “Wally” got married? Maryelizabeth became Mrs. C.? B. J’s signals got crossed? Cecilia had a late caller? “Peg” and “Polly” walked to GlenclifT? Miss Sheridan almost had an epidemic on her hands? The boys stayed up all night—playing pinochle? Rita turned twenty-one and Jeannie? Joyce told us about her trip to Boston? “Margie” was our prize delegate? Anne and “Chee” took the big step? All the ski sweaters were being knitted for the fellows? We thought public speaking was terrible? Mr Foley managed Hall Dormitory? The class of ’50 sang the traditional Christmas carols? The “demonstration” was staged concerning Truman’s election? The motorcourt trade was increased? Ten o’clock saw a mad rush from the cars to the side door of Mary Lyon? “Dottie” began to buy “little things”? Joyce, Peggy, and Anne passed business law? Joyce got 100 on a money and banking quiz? “Weeksie” modeled a laundry bag period? “Pouch” had two visitors from Nashua? Langdon Park was a favorite “retreat”? Rayno, Stonesifer, and Fox were an inseparable trio? Off-campus activities centered around THE KNOLL? Ten-centers came to Plymouth? The library fireplace proved to be a most relaxing spot? Harry and Bruce had an early morning “problem” on their hands? We used to frequent the Ashland Barn-dance? Joann invented a new game called “STREETLIGHT”? 44 ODE on the Departure of the Class of 1950 from Plymouth Teachers College Cecilia R. Gregg Inexorable time! How swift thou speed’st the moment When this is o’er, and we must soon depart— When student days, and long and pleasant hours Are only mem’ries whispering in the heart! And Plymouth, what of thee? What can we say That has not been expressed or sung before, Far better and more nobly by others— Or what unsaid that we might have said more? It is not ours to prate of higher learning, Or ivy-covered towers, sacred walls, Of time that we have used or glibly squandered— Of lawns elm-shadowed, or of treasured halls. We leave this praise to poets and to dreamers— We are the doers, and as such we go, Mute, with countless little things unspoken, Silent, wistful—it is better so! Farewell, Oh Plymouth, and we say in parting, Faculty, farewell—ye students, too. Oh, Plymouth, little college, hill-encircled, Our hearts cry out, “We think the world of you!” 46 When I’m Lonely Sometimes when I’m lonely I’d love to wander amidst the stars Around the moon And onto Mars. And sometimes I’d love to fly Amidst the billowy clouds Seeking that haven Where angels sing aloud. And up there in the heavens I’m sure we’ll find A resting place of peace For our lonely, weary minds. Helen Laplante 47 Message From Student Council President As you leave college life behind you, your way of living will be changed. Part of your knowledge gained here will be forgotten, overshadowed by life’s problems and the achievements in your years of college life; however, much knowledge, both practical and academic, will be retained ready to be put to use in a life far different than that of our college days. You will be faced with many perplexing problems and bewildering behaviors of mankind. The solutions and answers will not be found in any textbook. How will you solve these problems? There are two roads open to you. One, the easiest path beset with many trials and tribulations in which they are either brushed away or when solved, denotes apathy, irresponsibility, dictatorialness, and selfishness in a character that ultimately leads to moral disintegration. The other, the arduous path is equally beset with many trials and tribulations, but issues are promptly faced and solved in a manner that leads to moral triumphs. Which path you choose to follow is entirely up to you. You, and you alone, will make the final decision. Through student government here at Plymouth Teachers College, we try to prepare you to solve problems in the manner which is approved by our society Student government is a proving ground for character development and leadership in which many honorable traits are stressed. Among these are honesty, cooperativeness and open-mindedness. Many of these traits lie dormant until they are suddenly awakened by the challenges faced by each and every one of us. Unfortunately some of us may be in an apathetic state and need a more potent motivation. Student government is the impetus which propels these traits, it strives to have you build a moral defense to withstand the puzzles of life, but more important, to convert others into our democratic way of life. As participators in our society, as leaders of our future generation, I ask you to choose the path that is best suited to educate the future citizens of our country in our democratic way of life, and to pass on to them the honorable traits that have been inculcated into our way of life here at college. Let the words of the historian James Anthony Froude be a guide in seeking an answer to your ever-present problems: “Morality when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.” HENRY BRESELL 48 Education should be as gradual as the moonrise, perceptible not in progress but in result.” —George Melville R. Morrissey, M. La Plante, D. Harrigan, M. Glass Junior Class Officers President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Maurice La Plante Doris Harrigan Marilyn Glass Robert Morrissey 50 Junior Class First Row Charles Boutelle, Edwin Lasak, Karl Hoff, Normand Madore, Douglas Robertson, Ruric Jordan, Edward Small, Ralph Beede. Second Row Robert Foy, Gordon Comstock, Norman Johnson, George Mayne, Raymond Bolduc, Robert West, Ernest Blake, Harold Angers, Thomas MacDonald. Third Row Theresa Belisle, Ellen McClintock, Maxine Chellis, Leatrice LaBrie, Joanne Yeaton, Priscilla Rutherford, Peggy Hodder, Jane Willoughby, Barbara Dolloff, Ruth Murdough, Emily Waymouth, Miriam Poelman. Fourth Row Donald Saltmarsh, Barbara Frazee, Margaret Cauley, Annette LaChance, Marie Bourassa, Helen La Plante, June Flanders, Elizabeth Annis, Theresa Blanchette, Alma Chase, Martha Arsenault, Marion Crowley Fifth Row Peter Brown, Robert McGlone, Richard Hislop, Phyllis Bruton. Joanne Howe, Janice Webb, Mavis Rutherford, Madeline Welch, Barbara Knickle, Joann Storer, Jane Trumbull, Rita Blaney Sixth Row Donald Bump, Harry Sanborn, Paul Pickwick. Emerson Cail, Roger Weeks, James Ord-way, Gordon Russell, Robert Dumais, James Doyle, Robert Paine, Harold Matava. Absent When Picture Was Taken. Priscilla O’Brien, Leon Dustin, Hollis Emery, Lois Kent, Bruce Ryan, James Tuttle, Richard York, Peter Shanelaris, Wilfred Robitaille, Harrison Burns. 51 E. Hanson, R. Hathaway, B. Pettes, D. Hussey Sophomore Class Officers President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Richard Hathaway Barbara Pettes Daisy Hussey Ernest Hanson 52 Sophomore Class Teacher Training First Row Essie Crocker, Maybeth Paris, Jacqueline Richardson, Martha Head, Marjorie McKinney, Marion McLean, Lorraine Ouellette, Dorothy Goode. Second Row Gwendolyn Smith, Margaret Polhemus, Ida Jones, Marlene Hanchett, Barbara Stevens, Dorothy Seguin, Betty Fennell, Evelyn Clark, Beverly Parker, Ruth Millar, Evelyn Westover Third Row: Kathleen Frothingham, Barbara Chadbourne, Phyllis Szopa, Ellen Swan. Eileen Parent, Katherine Gass, Jacqueline Bowdoin, Mary Bortree, Honora Reardon, Beverly Jones. Fourth Row Guy Heath, Harold Piper, George Stimis, Kenneth Hawkins, Wilbur Hixon, Albert Wilson, Lionel DeLacey, James Vares, Ralph Fabisiak, Richard Draper Fifth Row John Currier, George Brycnton, Charles Isola, Richard Moulton, Lionel Metivier Bradford Ames, Donald Day, Harold McCormick, Arthur Chick, Neil Wiggin. 53 Sophomore Class Liberal Arts First Row Conrad Potter, Patricia Collins, Jean Baker, Phyllis Everett, Malcom Merrill, Keith Hanscom. Second Row Rowe Ashley, Kendall Moulton, Ivan Whipple, Vale Swasey Absent When Picture Was Taken. Albert Martin, Thomas Moody, Cary Rothenburger 54 P Jorgensen, R. Fish, J. Robinson A. Emerson Freshmen Class Officers President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Richard Fish Janet Robinson Ann Emerson . Peter Jorgensen Freshmen Teacher Training First Row Carlene Allison, Sally Ayer, Phyllis Johnson, Lois Powell, Mary Duranty, Marion Lowe, Delores Hanson, Joanne BoutwelL Second Row Jean Bachelder, Dorothy Slack, Marjorie Miltimore, Vivian Gallagher, Betty Lou Larlee, Patricia Gienty, Katherine Marcotte, Patricia Felker, Jacqueline Pare. Third Row Jean MacKinzie, Elizabeth Muzzey, Ann Wright, Phyllis Hoar, Lois Nichol, Betty Potter, Carolyn Cliche, Arlene Jette, Lucille Brooks, Jean Larrabee. Fourth Row Marjorie Blaney, Esther Merrill, Norma Wendland, Ira Clark, William Morris, Robert Thompson, Ronald McDougall, Kenneth Pickering, Fae Treganza, Joan Watts. Fifth Row Louis Willand, Eugene Clark, Harold Woodward, Archie MacDonald, Harold Fernald, Bobbie Wilhelm, Aaron Barnard, Daniel Brown. Donald White, Raymond Speare. Absent When Picture Was Taken. Richard Simoneau, Ellissa Cannistraro, Irene Colgan, Leroy Fisher, John Huttunen. 56 Freshmen Liberal Arts First Row Ronald Ames, Ernest Beals, Giles Low, Robert Brayman, Warren Worthen, Kenneth MacDonald, Lawrence Hughes. Second Row Lois Nelson, Edna Samaha, Marjorie Clark, Helen Doyle, John O’Brien, Paul Magoon, Rosemary York, Barbara Armstrong, Madelyn Pike. Absent When Picture Was Taken. William Merrill. 57 The Babytoes Deep in the heart of the woodland, As I was strolling by, I saw those clear, pink blossoms With faces turned to the sky Ferns of the woodland encased them In a frame of the brightest green. This was a picture of beauty— Something not often seen. I dropped on my knees beside them, To study their frail, pink face; What beauty lay within it— Such daintiness and grace! Untouched by a human hand, Undaunted by the fight for peace, This was God’s own glorious work— This was a masterpiece! Could an artist paint this picture? No, never in a day— This was no reproduction Painted, or modeled in clay This had been more than a treasure, This finding, and so I chose To keep it a secret between us— Just me and the babytoes! Ellen E. McClintock 58 “Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education, dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?” —Neitzsch Hail to the King and Queen, Winter Carnival of 1950 Donald Saltmarsh jean Dodge A Cappella Choir First Row Margaret Polhemus, Ruth Millar, Lorraine Ouellette, Martha Head, Edna Samaha, Barbara Pettes, Secretary, Carlene Allison, Barbara Chadbourne, Joanne Boutwell, Grace Cunningham, Gordon Russell, Treasurer Ernest Blake, President, Richard Hathaway, Robert Dumais, Jean Brackett, Lois Nichol, Maybeth Paris, Beverly Parker, Marie Bourassa, Maryelizabeth Cayes, Maxine Chellis, Jean Baker. Second Row Dorothy Goode, Marjorie McKinney, Helen Doyle, Ann Emerson, Annette LaChance, Katherine Marcotte, Janet Robinson, Paul Magoon, Roger Weeks, Vice President, Richard Fish, Patricia Collins, Honora Reardon, Jean MacKenzie, Daisy Hussey, Arlene Jette, Marion Crowley, Madelyn Pike, Betty Lou Larlee. Third Row Irene Colgan, Mary Duranty Beverly Jones, Sally Ayer, Marion McLean, Martha Arsenault, Phyllis Bruton, Isabel Morrill, Janice Webb, Richard Simoneau, Harold Woodward, James Vares, Bobby Wilhelm, Margaret Cauley, Ann Wright, Helen LaPlante, Lois Nelson, Phyllis Szopa, Barbara Armstrong, Miriam Poelman. Fourth Row Ruric Jordon, Malcolm Merrill, Kenneth Pickering, Louis Willand, Ernest Hanson, Conrad Potter, Charles Isola, Albert Martin, Robert Foy, Archie MacDonald, Donald Saltmarsh, Thayer Wade, Peter Brown, Ronald McDougall, William Morris, Ralph Fabisiak. Absent When Picture Was Taken. Jean Janclle, Leroy Fisher 62 Girls’ Basketball First Row Jane Willoughby, Barbara Dolloff, Marilyn Glass, Doris Harrigan, Rita Blaney, Jane Trumbull, Joann Storer, Leatrice LaBrie, Elizabeth Annis, Joanne Howe, Manager Second Row Esther Merrill, Joan Watts, Marjorie Blaney, Helen Doyle, Marion Lowe, Lois Nichol, Delores Hanson, Barbara Armstrong, Betty Potter, Ann Emerson. Third Row Katherine Marcotte, Lois Nelson, Edna Samaha, Janet Robinson, Ellissa Cannistraro, Mary Duranty, Marjorie Miltimore, Ida Jones, Jacqueline Richardson, Daisy Hussey Fourth Row Lorraine Ouellette, Maybeth Paris, Barbara Pettes, Ellen Swan, Isabel Morrill, Barbara Chadbourne, Phyllis Szopa, Honora Reardon, Essie Crocker, Dorothy Goode, Katherine Gass, Martha Head, Dorothy Seguin. Absent When Picture Was Taken. Eileen Parent, Jean Janelle, Theresa Blanchette, Phyllis Johnson, Kathleen Frothingham, Elizabeth Muzzey, Marie Bourassa, Helen La Plante. 63 I Girls’ Speedball First Row Katherine Marcotte, Sally Ayer, Edna Samaha, Irene Colgan, Marilyn Glass, Jane Trumbull, Leatrice LaBrie, Barbara Pettes, Ellen Swan, Maybeth Paris. Second Row Helen Doyle, Marjorie Miltimore, Esther Merrill, Jacqueline Pare, Barbara Dolloff, Elizabeth Annis, Lorraine Ouellette, Barbara Stevens, Dorothy Seguin, Katherine Gass. Third Row Lois Nichol, Lois Nelson, Ellissa Cannistraro, Marjorie Blaney, Doris Harrigan, Jane Willoughby, Joann Storer, Phyllis Szopa, Barbara Chadbourne, Martha Head, Ida Jones. Fourth Row Ann Emerson, Patricia Felker, Delores Hanson, Barbara Armstrong, Marion Lowe, Betty Potter, Honora Reardon, Mary Bortree, Dorothy Goode, Jacqueline Richardson, Daisy Hussey 64 Seton Club First Row Dorothy Goode, Honora Reardon, Maybeth Paris, Helen Doyle, Bruce Ryan, President, Rita Blaney, Secretary-Treasurer, Barbara Chadbourne, Madeline Welch, Phyllis Bruton. Second Row Ellissa Cannistraro, Cecilia Gregg, Martha Arsenault, Helen La Plante, Margaret Cauley, Marie Bourassa, Annette LaChance, Theresa Blanchette, Jacqueline Pare, Irene Colgan, Katherine Marcotte. Third Row Ellen Swan, Eileen Parent, Barbara Armstrong, Janet Robinson, Carolyn Cliche, Arlene Jette, Marjorie Blaney Harry Sanborn. Fourth Row Harold Angers, Roger Guillemette, Louis Willand, Richard Simoneau, Ronald Mac-Dougall, Ira Clark, Henry Bresell, Thomas MacDonald, Ralph Fabisiak. Fifth Row George Mayne, Robert Foy, Lionel Metivier, Lionel DeLacey, Robert Dumais, Ernest Hanson, Louis De La Bruere, Maurice La Plante. Absent When Picture Was Taken. Andrew Cushing, Vice President, Raymond Bolduc, Theresa Belisle, Barbara Boyd, Joanne Boutwell, Timothy Connell, James Doyle, Mary Duranty, Hollis Emery, Betty Fennell, Vivian Gallagher, Anthony Guarino, Charles Isola, Jean Janelle, Marion McLean, Archie MacDonald, Marjorie McKinney, Paul O'Neil, Lorraine Ouellette, Conrad Potter, Phyllis Szopa, James Tuttle, Robert West, Constance West, Mary Wilkley, Evelyn Westover, Frederick West. 65 Guy Edwin Speare Chapter of the Future Teachers of America First Row Jacqueline Bowdoin, Barbara Chadbourne, Margaret Cauley, Roger Guillemette, Secretary-Treasurer, Lionel Metivier, President, Elizabeth Annis, Madeline Welch, Joanne Howe, Margaret Polhemus, Phyllis Bruton. Second Row Annette LaChance, Theresa Blanchette, Martha Head, Maybeth Paris, Honora Reardon, Martha Arsenault, Cecilia Gregg, Jane Willoughby, Daisy Hussey, Katherine Marcotte, Ann Emerson, Lorraine Ouellette, Beverly Parker Third Row Emily Waymouth, Barbara Pettes, Helen La Plante, Marie Bourassa, Phyllis Szopa, Dorothy Goode, Beverly Jones, Barbara Stevens, Barbara Dolloff, Ida Jones, Leatrice LaBrie, Jane Trumbull. Fourth Row Eugene Clark, Henry Bresell, Maurice La Plante, Kenneth Hawkins, Robert Thompson, Mary Bortree, Doris Harrigan, Marilyn Glass, Joanne Yeaton, Dorothy Eichel. Fifth Row Louis De La Bruere, Harold Angers, Louis Willand, Harold Woodward, Richard Hathaway, James Ordway, Donald Bump, Robert Dumais, Albert Wilson, Donald White, James Vares, Richard Fish. Absent When Picture Was Taken. Grace Cunningham, Vice President, Theresa Belisle, Marjorie Blaney, Jean Brackett, Ernest Bucklin, Arthur Chick, Roberta Christie, Maryelizabeth Cayes, James Doyle, Katherine Gass, Jean Janelle, Lois Kent, Marjorie Lee. Albert Martin, Isabel Morrill, Robert Morrissey, Lois Nelson, Paul O’Neil, Jacqueline Richardson, Louise Shaw, George Stimis, David Wade, Janice Webb, Pauline Wright, Charles Boutelle, Ralph Fabisiak, Margaret Rock, Lawrence Lennon, Ann De La Bruere, Joyce Eastman. 66 International Relations Club First Row Arthur Chick, Treasurer, Jacqueline Bowdoin, Corresponding Secretary, Archie MacDonald, Vice President, Harold Woodward, Helen Doyle, Recording Secretary Second Row Jean Larrabee, Jean Baker, Barbara Chadbourne, Ernest Bucklin, Ernest Hanson, Marjorie McKinney, Norma Wendland. Third Row Richard Simoneau, Neil Wiggin, Thayer Wade, Raymond Bolduc, Maurice La Plante. Fourth Row Lionel DeLacey, Lionel Metivier, Edward Small, Harold Fernald, Emerson Cail, William Morris, Robert Brayman. Absent When Picture Was Taken. Cary Rothenburger. President, Harry Peach, Richard York, Richard Hislop, Dorothy Seguin, David Wade, Fae Treganza, Mary Duranty, Kenneth Pickering, David O’Brien. 67 Science Club First Row Janice Webb, Secretary, James Ordway, Vice President, Edward Small, President, Robert Paine, Treasurer Second Row Dorothy Scguin, Norma Wendland, Beverly Parker, Arlene Jette, Barbara Chadbourne, Maybeth Paris, Phyllis Szopa, Martha Head. Third Row Emerson Cail, Guy Heath, Ernest Bucklin, Giles Low, Harold Angers, Vale Swasey, Roger Weeks. Fourth Row Richard Draper, George Mayne, John Currier, Robert Dumais, Archie MacDonald, Robert Foy, Gordon Comstock. Absent When Picture Was Taken. Jean Janelle, Joan Watts, Lois Kent, Karl Hoff, Elizabeth Muzzey, Harry Peach, David Wade, Rowe Ashley 68 nmppvrl Outing Club First Row Joann Storer, Treasurer, Joanne Howe, Vice President, Doris Harrigan, President, Martha Head, Secretary Second Row Ida Jones, Maybeth Paris, Jane Trumbull, Kathleen Frothingham, Jane Willoughby, Barbara Dolloff, Marjorie Miltimore, Jean Batchelder, Dorothy Seguin, Jacqueline Pare. Third Row Marjorie Blaney, Katherine Marcotte, Norma Wendland, Phyllis Szopa, Katherine Gass, Esther Merrill, Ann Emerson, Sally Ayer, Marilyn Glass, Edna Samaha. Fourth Row Thomas MacDonald, Harold Angers, George Stimis, Patricia Felker, Janice Webb, Rita Blaney, Helen Doyle, Barbara Armstrong, Robert Paine, Ernest Hanson. Fifth Row' Robert Thompson, Ira Clark, Albert Wilson, Harold Fernald, James Ordway, Charles Isola, Paul Magoon, Ralph Fabisiak. Absent When Picture Was Taken. Louise Shaw, Anthony Guarino, Elizabeth Muzzey, Kenneth Pickering, Ronald MacDougall. 69 Men’s Basketball First Row Robert McGlone, Wilfred Robitaille, James Doyle, Peter Shanelaris, Donald Saltmarsh, Norman Mullen, Peter Brown, Manager Second Row Raymond Spear, Ralph Fabisiak, Robert Morrissey, Donald Day, Peter Jorgenson, Norman Johnson, Ernest Hanson, Robert West. Absent when picture was taken. Anthony Guarino, Ernest Beals, Hollis Emery, Leo Landroche, Wilbur Hixon. 70 Christian Association First Row Daisy Hussey, Ellen McClintock, Secretary, Emily Way mouth, President, Richard Hathaway, Vice President, Kendall Moulton, Treasurer Elizabeth Annis. Second Row' Margaret Polhemus, Ida Jones, Ruth Murdough, Grace Cunningham, Jean Brackett, Isabel Morrill, Barbara Pettes. Third Row Guy Heath, Margaret Rock, Thayer Wade, Barbara Knickle, Robert Thompson, Pauline Wright. Absent When Picture Was Taken. Leslie Barden, Charles Isola, Marjorie Miltimore, Mirian Poelman, Janice Webb, Louis Willand, Marjorie Lee. 71 Social Club Council First Row Roger Guillemette, Paul O’Neil, Marilyn Glass, Corresponding Secretary Arlene Jette, Recording Secretary, Maurice La Plante, President, Daisy Hussey, Vice President, Joanne Howe, Treasurer, Jacqueline Pare. Second Row Richard Hathaway, George Stimis, Marjorie McKinney, Gordon Russell, Doris Harri-gan, Richard Fish, Jean Brackett, Peter Brown, Robert Paine. 72 Golf Team Robert Morrissey, Robert West, Harold Angers, Captain, Harry Sanborn, Paul O’Neil. 73 Ski Club First Row Lionel Metivier, Vice President, Karl Hoff, President, Joanne Howe, Secretary-Treasurer Second Row Lois Nelson, Marilyn Glass, Doris Harrigan, Janet Robinson, Lucille Brooks, Marjorie Miltimore. Third Row'- Carolyn Cliche, Helen Doyle, Lois Nichol, Jacqueline Bowdoin, Mary Bortree, Madeline Welch. Fourth Row'- Richard Draper, Eugene Clark, Keith Hanscom, Raymond Bolduc, George Mayne, Raymond Spear Absent When Picture Was Taken. Ronald Ames, Jean Janelle, Barbara Pcttes, George Stimis, Fae Treganza, Joan Watts, Patricia Gienty 74 Chess Club First Row Giles Low, Treasurer, Arthur Chick, President, Frederick Jacobs, Vice President, Bobbie Wilhelm, Secretary Second Row Guy Heath, Raymond Bolduc, Roger Weeks, Neil Wiggin, Richard Hislop, Keith Hanscom. Third Row Donald Bump, Edward Small, Archie MacDonald. 75 Canterbury Club First Row Pauline Wright, Peggy Hodder Thayer Wade, Elizabeth Annis, President, Emily Way-mouth, Secretary, Richard Hathaway, Lois Powell. Second Row Margaret Rock, Ronald Ames. Barbara Knickle, Robert McGlone, Janice Webb, Eugene Clark, Enid Randall, Edna Samaha. Absent When Picture Was Taken. Louise Shaw, David Wade, Treasurer, Karl Hoff, Carlene Allison, Bradford Ames, Patricia Felker. 76 Cheerleaders Theresa Blanchette, Carolyn Cliche, Helen Doyle, Joann Storer, Jean Baker, Ann Emerson, Daisy Hussey 77 Women’s Athletic Association First Row Ellen Swan, Secretary, Joanne Howe, President, Rita Blaney, Vice President. Second Row Marjorie Blaney, Carolyn Cliche, Janet Robinson. 78 v % . Student Council First Row Margaret Rock, Harold Angers, Henry Bresell, President, Joanne Howe, Secretary, Helen La Plante. Second Row Marlene Hanchett, Madelyn Pike, Lois Nichol, Mary Bortree, Barbara Hoyt, Priscilla Rutherford. Third Row Raymond Spear, Ernest Hanson, Harry Katsikas, Lionel Metivier, Paul Magoon, Robert Morrissey, Vice President, Louis De La Bruere. 79 Band and Orchestra First Row Grace Cunningham, Louis Willand, Dorothy Eichel, Roger Weeks, Isabel Morrill, Robert Thompson, Bobby Wilhelm, Phyllis Bruton. Second Row Richard Draper, Harold Woodward, Gordon Russell, James Ordway, Ralph Fabisiak, Aaron Barnard, Peter Brown. 80 nrvm A Word of Thanks Before bringing to a close the many renewed memories which this edition of THE CONNING TOWER has presented, the editorial staff feels the need for offering a word of appreciation to those people who gave conscientiously of their time in making this yearbook a success. Let us say, then, “Thanks” to— Miss Elizabeth W Doolittle, the yearbook faculty advisor, who has offered her assistance and guidance unselfishly throughout the many months of preparation, and whom we have come to know as a personal friend. Mr Frank Cummings, for his advice, interest, and cooperation. Mr Percy Ridlon, for his efforts as literary judge. Miss Elizabeth Annis, Junior Class Representative, for working with us prodigiously Peter Brown, faculty photographer, Junior Class, who carried out the staff’s wishes to the letter Mr David Pierce, official yearbook photographer, for his excellent work on the book. Mr Thomas Goulard, for making available to us special pictures from his files. The Faculty and Staff, for bearing with us in giving the yearbook a “new look.” The StudeJit Body, for their cooperation and interest in all yearbook activities. The Merchants, who have purchased advertising space in this book. 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