Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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19 SCHOOL CALENDAR School opens September 6 Iowa Tests fjiven to Grade 10 October 19. 20 Pro Merito-Key Club Dance October 21 Teachers ' Convention October 25 B. U. Tests for Grade 9 November 6 Pro Merito Food Sale November 7 Student Council Convention at Sharon November 16 All School Minstrel Show November 17 S. H. S. Band participates at B. U. November 18 Thanksgiving Vacation November 22-27 B. U. Tests to Grade 11 November 30 Athletic Banquet December 13 South Shore Jamboree at S. H. S. December 22 Christmas Vacation December 22-January 3 February Vacation February 16-26 Senior pictures taken February 20, 21 American Legion Contest at Abington Februarv 28 American Legion Contest at Wareham March 2 Mid-Year Pro Merito hiduction March 7 Senior Class Food Sale March 12 Blue and White Week March 12-16 S. A. Dance March 16 Southeastern Publications Convention, Kingston April 5 Student Council Convention at Dartmouth April 12 Freshman-Sophomore Dance April 13 Spring Vacation April 13-23 Senior Play April 27 Junior Prom May 18 Pro Merito Induction May 24 Baccalaureate Sunday June 3 Class Day June 4 Graduation June 6 Reception June 8 School Closes I approximately j June 20

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18 JUNIOR HIGH Grade 8 Marilyn Sverisoii In September, a group of students, more or less enthusiastic, rushed into Rooms 201 and 202. For once we had the laugh on the 7th graders! However, the girls would like to forget a certain basketball game played during Blue and White Week. 7A defeated 8A and 8B. The 8th grade boys don ' t have to worry; they won! October 11, 88 gave a very interesting assem- bly about the flags that have been planted on American soil. They made the flags and dis- played them as they talked. January 18, 8B gave a Variety Assembly. There were two plays: Lucky Girl, the story of a group of girls entertaining a movie star, and The Fatal Pickle. the story of a boy who thinks he is a basketball hero. The program included a biography of John Sousa, one of Sousa ' s marches, and some choral reading. We made the following booklets this year: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a Christmas booklet, and a patriotic unit for Miss Cunneen; a Transportation and Communication Booklet for Mrs. Williams: a Science Booklet for Miss Giles; and a booklet on one of the American possessions for Mr. Driscoll. In the fall, the Junior High played two field hockey games at Marshfield and Hanover. We lost them both, 2-0. This was not bad consider- ing that we had only one practice game. We hope we have made a good impression in the Junior High, and that we will make an even better one in Senior High. Junior High Magazine Drive Marilyn Svenson This year, the Junior High again carried on the Magazine Drive. Each year this drive is sponsored by the Curtis Publishing Co. There were two teams: the Army and Navy. Mrs. Williams was captain of the Navy, and Mr. Dris- coll was captain of the Army team. The Navy won. Joan Agnew, of the Army team, was the high-salesman for the school. The profits of the drive went to the bleachers fund and for Junior High Assemblies. Grade 7 Susan Cole Almost everyone in the seventh grade liked the changes in the Junior High although it is very different from the Elementary School. In October we made autumn booklets for Miss Cunneen, the Junior High English teacher. In November we made Thanksgiving booklets, also for Miss Cunneen. We made a Hall of Fame, which was a biog- raphy of the ten men we think did the most for America up to about 1800. This was under the direction of Mrs. Williams, the Junior High history teacher. In hygiene we made written reports on several of the men and women in that field for Mr. Driscoll, the Junior High hygiene teacher. My Loyalty Test Gail McCarthy, 8B Am 1 loyal to my school in every way possible, and do 1 show the proper school spirit? Loyalty is important in school and everywhere in life. Loyalty is devotion to all that your school repre- sents. I should appreciate what my school does for me and make every effort to contribute my best at all times. There are many ways in which I may show my school spirit. I can be a good sport. That does not always mean 1 have to be a player on a team, but it does mean that I am fair, courteous, and interested in all my school activities, whether on the athletic field, in the classroom, or in the assembly hall. I will know and sing the Alma Mater proudly at home or away to show my love for my school. I will contribute cheerfully to the various funds and activities and even if it is a small amount, it will help. I will be an S. A. member and support the athletic activities in that way. If I am asked to co-operate in an activity, I will do it pleasantly, not half-heartedly. I will try my best to have the school have a happy busy atmosphere about it. Then a visitor may say, What a fine place this school is! It all adds up to this: I will do my best, I will be my best, and then my school will be the best.

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20 Ad Finem Muriel Nichols, ' 51 The weeks are growing shorter, the days are lengthening, and Seniors are becoming more impatient for the week of graduation and the activity and bustle which will excite each one of us. But beneath our anticipation is a real feeling of sadness at the thought of leaving dear old Scituate High. As we Seniors think of graduat- ing, we feel a lump in our throats at the thought of parting from the nostalgic sight of books and blackboards. Here we ha e spent the best years of our lives working, playing, and learning. Here will end one of the most important chapters of our lives: and as we think of this and realize that the end of our high school years is so near, all of us cannot help but have a feeling of con- sternation. Have we left our mark on our school, or are we just another group which has passed through? Each one has contributed to the school in his own way, some more than others, but all with the idea that it was for the good of the school. Separately we have done our duties, and whollv. as a class, we have tried to give to the school the best that we had. Perhaps our contribution wasn ' t material things, things to be shown and looked at. but more lasting allies, such as school spirit, better teacher-pupil relationship, and finer standard of scholarship. These are but a few of the things that we hope we have succeeded in accomplishing. More important than any of these things, how- ever, is what we have gained from our school. Before long we shall be citizens in an outside world, spreading our beliefs and ideas to all kinds of people. These beliefs and ideas will be those which have been taught us through our years of school. They will be the fundamentals on which our futures are to be based. We hope to make Scituate High School proud of her class of 1951. Really Too Busy? Lois Merritt, ' 51 Benjamin Franklin is quoted as claiming that Americans of his day were the most enlightened people on earth. He remarked that thev had the ability, interest, and leisure to read. The quan- tity of printed matter available in his day was small compared to the flow of publications from the presses toda). but the writing that was avail- able was read, discussed, and digested. In our times the quantity of news and opinion has increased many times. On the opposite side, the amount of time the average person has to read is limited, as other things compete for his attention. The need for well-informed opinion and analysis has not decreased, however. In- deed, in the light of the events of today, it has in- creased. Now. as we are nearing the end of the year, we are especialh hard-pressed for time to do all the reading that we should. We lose many of the benefits of our study if we do not fit that back- ground into an interest in the changing thoughts and ideals of our day. It behooves us to honestly ask ourselves if we are taking full advantage of the opportunities that we have for preparing for citizenship. Let ' s face it. Are we really too busy?