Roslindale High School - Yearbook (Roslindale, MA)

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The future politieinis of our country 'lot ::L Q ':e?'f, f'mNlki into practice when the tiinf- eaine for our oo 'T'l , election. For inanv days lu-lore we vu-rf' ,tgf ' PREUF I' . D I V fi 6 K to cxcitisc our ll4lllC,lllSI. thf corridors X CLA were filled with soap hoxes le-lt lic-hind as XY 1 W the campaigns rolled along. Finally alter 5 l ' ' N a hectic campaign and a close election. K- Y D igg especially for yice-presiclent. ken Crook. X 4 z.zg iillll lllulrkee. Nllarie lfoley. and Kay , y 'O ' Q ie J ierc L'llN'I'f't'L victorious. W l Sh we perched on the threshold ol our Sli' senior year, and only the harrier of tune LLLLL X . ,Cit i prevented us from lieing lofty seniors. 'C L p tftttu J d wlnmiu fmi Q The week after Lahor Day we took the .: H f l fatal step into our senior year. XVe did not K I 4. L L, foresee the dark shadows that lurked in Ari? -1 L .3 distant corners. During thishcrueial tnne , 2 I - , we did not falter or hecorne faint-hearted. gc! f Up went our heads, hack went our Za' 'TWU -7 V .1 shoulders. and forward we strodf. .fi f X fgsglop Some of us did not have long to linger. 'A X. OM for the call went forth frorn the defense 1 tl ug A .si 1- 1 factories for High School NIIQX. Innnedi- F ' ately a large nuinher of ahle-hodied scholars Y M 4,v 'q fy' left sadly. Heartfelt were the sighs of fill .4 these new ineinhers of the ariny of the N cts! ' fel If home front. Now they had to leave the Z v,o,oaf2 77 problems of the 'innigwuinpsu and muck- GYM4 o,.:gc.-' .. - -XN-- rakers to future students. Xo longer could 3 they spend their rnany study periods in the 5TUoZl:3ir'oo lihrary poring over hiographies and YJ' Shakespeares plays. an F0 Then there were those staunch patriots i E fe- dk. . gy who gave up the pleasures of the pursuit 4-3 jr fl iq of knowledge for the more nerve-racking ONLY Bowl LEFT? Juni wus BY Fmmconse Frzsoev 49 - Aan Heusuz norms, 43 joh of evading K. P. duty. Un their first leave they came hurrying hack to their old haunts outside their favorite teachers' doors. just to see the teachers and their former classmates, never once thinking. of course. of the good looking uniforrns or the heautiful polish they had on their new shoes. nor the admiring glances east in their direction hy the girls. The distress of us devotees of Xlinerva at the nurnerous holidays and half-holidays was so great that the idea of giving up vacations was greeted with wild shouts of joy. Sorne of these zealous worshippers page st'u'1z!r 1 1:

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worlds problems. There were those who went around with waving hands and loud voices. People on the outside might think that they were fugitives from an insane asylum. but of course NVE knew that they were just harmless members of the Dra- matic Club .... Some of the girls went out for horseback riding. They had plenty of arguments - with the horses - over a place to sit. The month of june finally came. and we looked enviously at the seniors leaving while we remained hard at work and perspired for a few more weeks. But it all ended. and we became jovial juniors. Now at last we were higher than SONIC'- one, and we certainly took advantage of that fact .... School was quite normal for a time, but then came the war and with it rationing. The part that we enjoyed was the rationing of school. XVe could lie in bed and laugh at the alarm clock and read in the papers about the hard work that the teachers were doing while we had pre- mature vacations. Also during our junior year a question which had perplexed the great brains of the nation for many years proved only a meager obstacle to our Debating Club when it settled once and for all Cuntil the next timel the Latin American problem. XVith Miss Hamrock URCINC the sale of tickets, the more talented members of our class and of the school presented to Rossie , before moving to Broadway, june Mad . As you might know, since there were members of our class in it. the performance brought down the roof. Two days in our short stay at Rossie will never be forgotten. At both times the boys had on their monkey suits . One was the day we had our prize drill competition. when we marched nohlv to Fallon Field and ignohly swam back .... The other was the street parade in our junior year. when the rains came and rivers Howed in the streets. ,wig viilfv Il nf- Haze Jani' iflihkfy NAS C' xx 2 CLASS ELECTIONS ll .. lfflps Wq lg Kg? Q-:i:T 4Pl ft K LH '52 8 1 s l? E. il arf it CT' ui 1 7 Jjjl 'l R il - .-1 121 X Y42 Lrl-'-' livslmii ev Fmmconse Fncoev-'43 - AND j-AELENE RONES - 43

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were so impatient that when the opportunity to go to college came they hastened oft. But this was not alll Some fiend had devised the torture of physical education every day to make us supermen and superwomen. XYe did not waver. although the effort to keep hidden our canes and crutches was almost as great as keeping our labored breathing and creaking bones unheard. Time has flown, and now we leave the school which has been like a second home for three short years. no longer ignorant sophomores. conceited juniors. but scholarly young men and women, who. having come through three years of laborious work. endured great torture, physical and mental. go forth into a war-torn world to conquer all that stands in our way. with the same unflinching strength that brought us through this. our senior year. Elizabeth Holleran Ralph Liglztbody lllllil' rlglifr rn