Punchard High School - Prism Yearbook (Andover, MA)

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Class ong I Here, Classmates, side by side we stand, At life ' s broad, open shore, Resolved that ' 16 noblest be Today and evermore; In all, both earnest work and play, Uphold the Gold and Blue ; Dear Punchard, to thy name alway Be loyal, firm and true. II For thee, fair Alma Mater, And for our classmates all We ' ll faithfully strive onward, Where ' er life may us call. Now as we leax e thy halls so dear, We pledge our love to thee ; Within our hearts thy name revere To all eternity. IsABELLE Peters 21

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Class flistorp HE entrance of the Class of 1916 into the Punchard School, like our departure therefrom, was accompanied by a wave of excitement that swept over the whole country. We came here just as people were beginning to cheer them- selves hoarse for Taft or Roosevelt or Wilson and we leave while shouts of exultation or groans of disapproval are still echoing from two great national conventions. The fact, however, that 191 ' ' 2 was a campaign year was of only minor importance to us. The change of administration in which we were most interested was the one that came with our promotion to a new school. The question that troubled us was, What will these powers that be do to us? We soon found out. AVe were first divided into two unequal parts and distributed over Room -2 with its dull and dreary interior and Room 5 with its noisy seats. Then began the struggle with .r,y,z, and amo, amas,amat. Some of our number appeared to be struggling with unknown quantities and with the same distracted verb. The chief events of our Freshman year were football, baseball, and the Goldsmith. We were represented in the Goldsmith Prize Speaking by Miss Blanche Higgins and William Foster. On the football team, three of our class represented us and on the baseball team we were represented by four men. Miss Gertrude Berry secured the first Latin prize for the Freshmen class and Sarah Woodhead obtained the second honors. At the beginning of our Sophomore year most of us found ourselves hermetically sealed in Room 4, where we attacked our weighty problems with renewed vigor and among our achievements was the mastering of Caesar. The Geometry was felled by our constant corrosion of its roots , and French and English were readily absorbed by our mental powers. 23