Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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14 FRESHMAN CLASS First Row: Miss Riggs, M. Dyer, G. O ' Shea, R. Turner, T. Dowd, C. Hayward, E. Stewart, H. Cusick, J. Breen, J. Sternfelt, B. Proiity, C. Litchfield, R. Rodrick, B. Monteiro, Mr. Stewart, Second Row: D. LaVange, M. Corrigan, L. Street, J. Kettell, G. Higgins, R. Manning, D. Richards, B. Rice, L. Dickson, A. Dacey, P. Merritt, M. Browne, J. Bernard. L. Call, J. Bamber, J. Burnham, B. Hunter, S. Fitts, J. Perry, S. Lee, J. O ' Donnell, R. Damon, R. Clapp. F. Smith. D. Donahue. Third Row: D. Evans, M. Litchfield, R. Mitchell, P. Ford, R. Leighton, R. Cole, W. Bonomi, R. Cashman, R. Paul, ri. Cole, T. Snow, C. Valine, R. Snow, R. Browne, S. Atkins, F. Whorf, R. Rod- rick, D. Stone, J. Jacobucci, P. Green, R. Sustanna, J. Alves, D. Shea. FRESHMAN CLASS Priscilla Merritt, ' 52 Barbara Prouty, ' 52 AT the beginning of the school year, the class of 19.52 proudly took over B2 and half of 203 as freshmen. We welcomed as new members Dale Richards from Marshfield : Lucinda Dickson from Kennebunk. Maine; and Donald Donahue from Newton. We greeted Ronald Sustana back from Cuba and Carol Walsh from Saint Joseph ' s Academy, Maine. We lost Jim Bennett to Thayer. At our first class meeting in B2. we elected Hank Cusick, president: Jack Breen, vice president: Helen Murphy, secretary: and Eddie Stewart, Jr.. treasurer. Mr. Stewart and Miss Riggs are our class advisers. Do you remember Miss Gloria Lovely in our All-School Play? She, — pardon me, he was ably played by Francis Whorf. Other freshmen in the play were Paul Green and Billy Bonomi. Quite a few freshmen girls participated in field hockey and basketball. Tom Snow, Hank Cusick and Mecca Cole will be helpful members of the football team in future years if they play as well as they did this year. Miss Vinal ' s history class has taken many field trips which have been very interesting. These were trips to the Harvard Museum, Fine Arts Museum, Gardner Museum, and the Woodward School in Quincy. Another interesting feature of our school year was the Speech Club organized by Miss Gile in English Class. Eddie Stewart was freshman chairman of the Freshman-Sophomore Dance. We hope our next three years will be as eventful and full of fun as our first was.

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13 SOPHOMORE CLASS First Row: Miss Rowell, adviser; M. Lopes, S. Anderson, M. L. Brow, S. Brigliam, M. Stewart, S. Roberts, J. Milroy, J. Cerilli, L. Merritt, N. Dwight, G. Gleason, F. Whorf, M. Damon, Mr. Scott, adviser. Second Row: R. Mi lls, J. Stark, R. Preston, V. Cole, J. Carlson, J. Flaherty. L. Garland, P. Hun- ter, J. Dwyer, G. Veiga, C. Mendell, M. Nichols, E. O ' Neil, B. Connolly, R. Kane, G. Cole, R. Levangie, C. Mitchell, G. Whorf. Third Row: W. Spear, J. Davis, R. Eraser, R. Burbank, E. Cohen, R. Morrow, E. Barrett, D. Ford, P. Delano, G. Bearce, J. Cahir, A. Dunphy, W. Clapp, G. Wilder, B. Wyman, F. Dwyer, R. Brebner. SOPHOMORE CLASS Susan Anderson, ' 51 Muriel Nichols, ' 51 IT is our privilege to record for you the latest en- try in the annals of the Class of ' 51, the Soph- omores of ' 48- ' 49. Getting off to a good start, we elected James Milroy, president and Mary Jane Stewart, sec- retary. Reelected were Scott Roberts, vice-presi- dent and Joe Cerilli. treasurer. Our class advisers are Miss Rowell and Mr. Scott substituting for Mr. Walker, who is trave ling with the A. H. A. hockey team in Europe. Practically without exception, every activity of the school including athletics, plays, clubs, and scholastic activities, has either been dominated, or at least participated in, by members of the Sophomore Class. Unfortunately we have lost several pupils this year. John Goodnow, Kilby Smith. Peter Virtue, Peter Bennett, Charles Noble, Barbara Fresina and Helen Bickford have entered other schools. However, we welcomed Mary Low Brow from Braintree and Jesse Rose from Jamaica Plain, who have joined our class at S. H. S. One of the most successful dances of the year was the Freshman-Sophomore Dance on April 8, under the able committee of Eugene Cohen, Gerry Gleason and Lois Merritt. Unquestionably the 1948-1949 school year will be long remembered for its illustrious Soph- omore Class. As a parting word we advise you, if you wish to see an extraordinary class, peer in to some of our classes and see the class of ' 51 in action.

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15 Eighth Grade Notes Elizabeth Grassie, 8- A, A ' eiV Totvle, 8-B When school began on September ' . 1948. a group of very experienced students, the present eighth grade appeared. There were seventy-three members in our class, but during the year several have left. Some members of our class are also members of the band and orchestra. They are Donald IIol- lis. Thad Litchfield, James Merritt, Neil Murphy and Judy Taylor. An interesting project in history is being un- dertaken. Groups of boys and girls are making separate booklets on The Vanishing Frontier. Group leaders are in charge. The eighth grade has one member of whom they are especially proud because he served as an important substitute on last fall ' s football team. He is Dale Shea. In October the 8-A class presented a historical assembly based on the life of Columbus. In 8-B the class distinguished itself by its suc- cess in the magazine drive. Seventh Grade Notes Priscilla Rand, 7-B Robert Boiiney, 7-A On September a troop of bewildered seventh graders entered the Scituate High School. For days we we re confused, but al last we began to find ourselves. When school began in the fall, the seventh grade had eighty-two members. Since that time, five more have entered and three have left. We have organized a club in our English classes called The Good English Club. ' We elect officers every third week. In January 7-A had an assembly in the form of a prize-speaking contest. In May 7-B will have its assembly program. Turtle neck jerseys are the fad just now and, of course, the junior high joined in the fad. We are all working to be a credit to our school, and we hope that our eighth grade year will con- tinue to be as successful as our seventh grade year. SCHOOL NEWS Fay Bissell, ' 49 J on II Kettell, ' 50 Administration and Faculty Changes THERE have been a few changes in the faculty of Scituate High School during the course of this year. Mr. Norman Walker, the math teacher, was granted a leave of absence to join the Amer- ican Hockey Association which is traveling in Europe. Mr. Harold Scott of Norwell is substitut- ing as math teacher until Mr. Walker ' s return next September. Mr. Donald Leach s place as di- rector of the band and orchestra has been taken over b Mr. Harold Alpert from New Britain, Connecticut. Mr. Walter Robb, from Lebanon, New Hampshire, has succeeded Mr. Laurence Benson as the manual arts teacher. Miss Carol Vollmer of the Junior High School was given a leave of absence for the ear to teach in Douglas. Alaska. Her place has been filled this year by Mrs. Andrew Finnic. Scituate High School Broadcast On December 11. 1948. Scituate High School broadcast a program over Station WBET at Brockton. Nancy Gilley was the announcer. The orchestra played several selections under the di- rection of Mr. Alpert. Members of the orchestra ensemble were Edward Hennigan, Barbara Cole, Janice Taylor ' 49 Betty Murrill, ' 50 Charles Valine. Lois Merritt, Donald Hollis. Mary Lou KildufF. and Robert Browne. A girls ' chorus consisting of Ida Vespaziani, Charmaine Witt, Joan Kettell. Barbara Cole, Fannie Whorf. Carol Stearns, Ellen O ' Neil, and Nancy Litchfield sang several selections. The third-year French class under the direction of Miss Harrington enacted three French plays. The girls that took part in these presentations were Frances Dyer. Mary Lou Corrigan. Patricia Goddard. Nancy Gilley, and Fay Bissell. Oratorical Contest Again this year, Scituate High School was represented at the Oratorical Contest, annually sponsored and presented by the American Legion. From the six seniors who competed. John Stewart was chosen to represent us. His talk was on the subject. The People ' s Constitution. Ours to De- fend. John went to the regional contest in Rockland in March. Previously at an assembly here, he deli vered the oration for our student body. It was very inspiring and let us know that we were well represented. John was awarded a local prize of ten dollars by the Scituate American Legion.