Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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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.

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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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16 School Song This year a contest was sponsored by the Stu- dent Council to produce a new school song. Both music and lyrics were to be written by the stu- dents. An award of SIO will be made to the winning selection, five dollars for the music and five dol- lars for the lyrics. The contest is closed now. but the winner has not yet been decided. Mr. Alpert feels certain that of the many songs submitted, one will be a real winner and a song Scituate High School will be proud of. Scituate High School 1948- 1949 Assemblies WHETHER you prefer educational lectures and movies or the special-events assemblies, where the bands play and students participate in the assembly program, you have been thoroughly entertained this past school year. Under the auspices of the special Faculty As- sembly Committee, consisting of Mr. Froberger, Miss Vinal, chairman, and Mrs. Williams, such well-known actors and performers as Richard Carradine, member of the famous Carradine family, and Donald Scott-Morrison, noted pian- ist, have been entertainers at Scituate High this year. In September at our first regular assembly. Col. C. W. Furlong, traveler and well-known lec- turer, amazed us with his colored slides and his talk on The Yucatan. Egypt of the Americas. Later, in September, students of the Senior High explained the new Student ' s Association, which was just launching a drive for membership. Bar- bara Best, ' 49, Edwin Veiga, ' 49, John Stewart, ' 49, and the newly-organized school band under Mr. Alpert participated in the assembly. On October 7. Mr. Donald Scott-Morrison de- lighted us with his impersonations of the great music masters, Chopin, Handel, Bach, Liszt, Bee- thoven, and Brahms, and by his artistic use of costumes and make-up. The main attraction of this assembl) was Mr. Morrison ' s beautiful piano and harpsichord playing. In remembrance of Columbus Day. the Junior High under the direction of Mrs. Williams ar- ranged an appropriate program. Walter Hollis. Ann Breen, Robert Call, Louise Castles, Eliza- beth Grassie. Mary Goodnow, Kenneth Brebner. Aram Brazilian, Raymond Dwyer, Kenneth Dwyer, Judith Bongarzone. D. Cohen. Thomas Hennigan, Donald Hollis and Robert Harris all participated. Also in October Mr. Norman Coates Webster convinced even some of the hardier stu- dents that there can be joy in poetry, with his amusing talk, So You Don ' t Like Poetry. On November 11. an Armistice Day assembly gave many of the students a chance to take an active part in the ceremonies. Thomas Whittaker, Carol Stearns. Bertie Jean Walker, and Marilyn Pratt, as well as the girls choral group and band added to the assembly, at which Lt. Paul Rey- nolds, U.S.N, gave an interesting talk. Following the football and basketball seasons, we naturally gave the boys ' and girls ' teams their earned letters and certificates of merit. Also, service award pins were awarded to those who handled football tickets, and to those who were in the drill team. On December 22. a Christmas assembl) . which will long be remembered, gave Mr. Alpert his chance to show what good work he was doing with both Junior and Senior bands. A special musical group consisting of Barbara Cole, ' 50, Edward Hennigan, ' 50, Robert Browne, ' 52, Charles Valine, ' 52. Mary Lou Kilduff. ' 49, and Mr. Alpert became Christmas carolers and played many Christmas selections against a background of snow) pine trees, holly wreaths, and an old- fashioned street lamp. The girls ' choral group clothed in black robes and carrying lighted candles sang the traditional hymns under the di- rection of Miss Reynolds. During the winter season we were fortunate in having Mr. George Gilbert Groman. lecturer and coach to Hollywood stars, come to Scituate High and tell us How Other People Talk. ' The Junior High put on a prize-speaking contest un- der the direction of Miss Giles. Many short skits and soliloquies were given by talented junior high participants. Judges for this contest were John Lock. Thomas Smith, Elizabeth Grassie and Phyllis O ' Keefe. At a later assembly Mr. Rich- ard Carradine appeared in a Hamlet costume and dramatically portrayed some of the outstand- ing Shakespearian characters, quoting from fa- mous plays. Several assemblies were planned to help us plan our future. A nursing assembly for senior high girls set many to thinking of nursing as a career. A student nurse from Salem hospital in- troduced the subject Nursing As a Career and showed a very interesting movie on nursing. In March Mr. Roland Darling gave valuable guid- ance on vocations to the senior high, especially the Senior Class, by means of transcriptions and records. The advice and suggestions he gave were of great help to many of the audience. The musical assembly was one of the highlights of the eaT. All the nmsical and instrumental de- partments combined to entertain us with fa-