Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

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The Tri-Hi Clul formally l egan its second year of aclivit October 2. 1941. with Elinor Abbott presiding, Jean Maguire a ice-president, kav Mating as secre- tarv, and Phyllis Harr as treasurer. We started the year with the induction of new sophomore members. During the fall the majority of our meetings were devoted to the planning of the events and projects for this year. We were the guests of Hi- on a number of occasions; we all remember particular!) the monologue, ’Ihe Devil and Daniel W eltster.” by Mr. Dixon, which was both educational and amusing. Kvery ear we have made it our policv to help some family at Christ¬ mas; this year we outdid ourselves hv aiding two families Our very patriotic impulses were aroused, and we decided to raise the money for a Isoid. We sold candy at the basketball games and sponsored a dance for this purpose. We also gave our services to the Red Cross and to the Victory Hook Campaign for the men in the army and navy. At tore of our meetings we were very fortunate in having Mi s F.rnst as a speaker. She showed us some souvenirs of her trip to South merica and told many of her interesting experience . On March 19 we displaved our individual talent ■unite good, some—? For the remainder of the vear we have planned jn induction of sophomore and junior . A banquet will ofltciallv end our year of fun ami activity.

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Junior Doings In October, the Class of ’43 held its first meeting as Juniors, Richard Dill, presiding. The purpose of the meeting was to choose class officers. Nominations having been closed, the class returned to homerooms and voted in Robert Durney as president, Michael Twomey, vice-president; Lucille Watts, sec¬ retary; and Helen Poland, treasurer. Helen, having been elected in the Sophomore year, will take care of the finances for three years. Under Mr. Halpin’s expert guidance, plans were laid for the Junior Prom to be held on December 23rd. The hall was very gala in patriotic red, white, and blue and with the music of Mr. Rich’s orchestra the Prom proved a super success. 1943 has had its share of sports heroes. We’re proud of the record George Fennelly made on the football field, of Edward Fitzgerald in basketball and of Paul Quinlan’s sterling performance as outfielder on the baseball diamond. Not to be outdone by the boys, our Junior girls have done their share to reap glory. Helen Poland, speedy participant on the hockey field, Nancy Perry, basketball star, and Margaret Ivers, on the tennis courts are but a few of our outstanding female athletes. The only class to have four students with Maximum honors, we all are very proud of Kenneth Bushway, Steven Miller, Helen Poland, and Margaret Charles. The senior year is coming up and we are ready and waiting with full steam ahead to meet it. We shall do our best to live up to the precedent set by the Class of ’42 and if possible we will add more glory to their fine record. Lucille Watts

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At the first meeting of the 1941-42 season, Joseph Anderson, as president, gave a talk on the history of the organization, thus enlightening the new members as to the aims and purposes of Hi-Y. We were fortunate to have several outstanding speakers. Among them were Mr. Lehman who spoke on the spreading of the Hi-Y organization in Massachu¬ setts, Mr. Struss of the United States Navy, who talked about that branch of the service, the Reverend Mr. Law- son spoke on propaganda, and Mr. Burton who gave an interesting talk on civilian life in China. On our social calendar, we have had three joint meetings with Tri-Hi, one of these being an induction of new members into their club. Several conferences were taken in by the members. The fourth, fifth, and sixth of December were spent at the “State Hi-Y” where we had a grand time. We have been very unfortunate in losing two faculty advisers this year. Mr. Spencer left in January for the Navy and Mr. Derby for Army camp. As the “Pioneer” goes to press, the officers have not yet been elected for next year.