Rindge Technical School - Brownie Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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IQ4I “Che Brownies” IO4I SENIOR ADVISORS, OFFICERS, AND COUNCIL befit Lo right ‘ First row: Mullane; Mr. Mahoney; Mr. Wood; Mr. Fitzgerald; Sartanowicz; Sdankus. Middle row: Cooper; Tashjian; Lunsford; Medeiros; Wm. Jones; A.P. Stone. Back row: Mellerup; Emery; Tonshend; Ridlon; Sniegiecki; Tibbetts; Lorenzo; Har- we pell; Wigham.

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IQAI “(6She “Brownie.” 1941 JUNIORS The world was shaken by the events of September, 1939. In the United States our class became Juniors; in Europe, World War II broke out. Both events were remarkable chiefly for the ‘blitz- krieg’ of that fall and winter. Spring came. And with it the realization that 50 s never produce an average of 60. So the ‘Battle of the Books’ began. In this corner, a man armed with his ‘little black book of bad boys’ in which, like Gabriel, he noted faithfully our failures, all of them, and we hoped our successes; and, in this corner, a boy armed with a textbook, paper, and occasionally a pencil. The winnah? As Juniors we became organized; we held our first elections. Jack Sugrue was elected President; Don Lorenzo, Vice-President; Art Lee, Treasurer; and, Eddie Aroyan, Secretary. Immediately the officers organized the Junior Council and instituted the practice of collecting monthly dues from the individual class members. The Junior Prom on May 12 at the Elks’ Lodge Room in Central Square was a social success, a fin- ancial failure. ‘The Star Duster’, Rindge alumni, furnished the music. Those who could not ‘jive’ did not attend but resolved to join Mr. Ladd’s dancing class in the fall. Miss Pike, Miss Cassidy, Mr. Diehl, Mr. Haugh, Miss Mosher and Mr. Wood were guests of the class. Mr. Mahony assisted the Officers in making the arrangements for this affair. « Two events saddened our Junior Year. Mr. John R. Curry, Oral English teacher and baseball coach, died. George Kesselhuth, co-captain elect of football, was obliged to leave school because of the death of his father. As Juniors we had come to appreciate the scenery in the vicinity of the Public Library at one fifty each day. Our keen delight in watching ‘the Fords go by’ led us to resolve as vacation began in June to give Barrymore, Nelson Eddy and Tyrone Power serious competition for the title of ‘All American Romeo’. ; SENIORS A martial atmosphere marked our induction into the status of Seniors. The talk, early in Sept- ember, of drafting America’s manpower between the ages of 18 and 45 was complimentary and fright- ening, too. For we had scarcely come to realize that we are men with the responsibilities of men. It was with a sense of relief that we learned that the lowest age limit of the Selective Ser- vice Act is twenty-one. Now, most of us could complete our high school career without interuption. Yet, three Seniors have been affected by our national defense program. Ricardo Poncé was mobil- ized when the National Guard was inducted into the federal service; William P. Jones was called into active service by the Navy; and Cornelius O’Leary was called to work at the Navy Yard in Charlestown. Members of the faculty, too, have been talled into the nation’s armed forces. Mr. Joseph Freni was mobilized with his National Guard unit in January; Mr. Hugh Curry was selected for Army Ser- vice inMarch; and in April, Mr. Arthur Morash was called to active service as Lieutenant -Commander in the Navy. Anumber of other teachers are awaiting the callof their local Selective Service: Boards. Senior class officers elected in November were William P. Mullane, President; Henry Sartanowicz, Vice-President; Edward Stankus, Treasurer; and Edward Shine, Secretary. As in our freshman year, we saw a Rindge championship team - the ‘hoopsters’ this time - set out for New York and Washington in search of new fields to conquer. For a time there was some doubt concerning the publication of the 1941 ‘Brownie’. Apprised of the difficulties, the class got behind this project and thanks to their cooperation we accomplish- ed what had been considered impossible. We were unable to present the usual ‘Football Night’ but our Senior Drama ‘Night Must Fall’ was a huge success. Again °41 was responsible for a world shattering event. For the first time in his- tory a Rindge Senior Drama had girls cast in the feminine roles; and Francis Willard, a refugee from Vienna by way of Prague and London, brought a real Oxford accent to his part. This, then, is the recorded history of RTS ‘41. What of the future? Joe McCarthy, Class Seer, has read the cards and gazed long and earnestly into his crystal. He tells all in the Class Pro- phecy which follows.

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