Sheffield High School - Sentinel Pines Yearbook (Sheffield, MA)

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Qraduation Exercises Processional (Audience Standing) Invocation Reverend Paul E. O ' Day Salutatory Address Verna West Trees Oscar Rasbach Girls ' Glee Club Valedictory Address Barbara Woodbeck Apollo Overture E. Ascher Orchestra Address to Members of Senior Class Dr. James Gordon Gilkey Maintaining Your Self Confidence Now is the Hour D. Stewart Senior Class Presention of P. T. A. Awards , President of P. T. A. Presentation of Scholastic Awards . H. V. Hennigar, Principal Presentation of Diplomas John Somes, Superintendent of Schools Ave Maria Bach-Gounod Glee Club Benediction Reverend Edward K. Thurlow Postlude (Audience Please Remain Seated) Reverend Paul E. O ' Day

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ANNE RAE THOMSON Tommy A laugh is just like sunshine, it brightens all the day. Basketball. . . .1-2-3-4 Lunchroom 3 Class Comm. . 1-2-3-4 Pine Cone Staff. . . 3-4 Class Will 4 P. K. R. Staff 1 Class Officer . . 2-3-4 Prom Comm 3-4 Dramatic Club 3 Senior Play 4 Glee Club 2-3-4 Yearbook 1-4 VERNA MARIE WEST Vern Wormy It matters not how long we live, but how. Band 1 Basketball 1 Cheerleaders .... 2-3 Class Celebrities . . .4 Class Comm. . 1-2-3-4 Class Gifts 4 Class Officer .... 2-4 Dramatic Club 3 Glee Club . . . .1-2-3-4 Lunchroom 1-2 Majorettes 2-3 Orchestra 1 Pine Cone Staff . . . 3-4 P. K. R. Staff 1 Prom. Comm .... 3-4 Salutatorian 4 Senior Play 4 Yearbook Staff ... 1-4 BARBARA LOUISE WOODBECK Barb Bobbie I love a life whose plot is simple and doesn ' t thicken with every pimple. Basketball 1 Bus Rep 4 Cheerleaders. . .2-3-4 Class Comm . 1-2-3-4 Class Gifts 4 Glee Club 4 Hall Monitor 4 Lunchroom 2-3-4 Office Duty 2-3 Pine Cone Staff . . . 3-4 Prom. Comm. . . . 3-4 Senior Play 4 Student Council .... 4 Softball Mgr 3-4 Valedictorian 4 Yearbook Staff 4

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Salutatory Address We, the Class of 1952, welcome you to our Graduation, We hope you will be glad with us and for us at this Commencement. For us, this night will always shine brightly in our memories, as it closes one of the greatest periods in our lives. To you in the audience, this occasion will bring back memories of similar ones in your lives. To you parents, this will be an hour of pride. To the teachers, it marks for us achievement. To the undergraduates, our place here on the platform will be yours in one, two, or three years hence. High school, to us, has been a stepping stone. It has given us, First: The de- sire to succeed, for we have learned that the reward and pride which comes from working, is so great, that it spurs us on to more difficult and larger tasks. Second: It has given us security and confidence. We have been made to do things which came hard to us and which we did not like; however, after doing these things repeat- edly, we learned to harness those things which frightened us. Third: It has made possible a social adjustment which we will carry over into the adult world. The abil- ity to get along with people is developed through our inter-class activities. In our class meetings, we have had to learn to compromise and we now feel as though we can be clearly understood when we must confront people. Fourth: Happiness is a necessary part of the aforementioned points. We are now prepared to become good citizens and make life happy for ourselves and others. We have been trained to ap- preciate the work done for us, and to repay those thoughtful deeds. High ideals have been developed in us, and we now consider ourselves socially adjusted with many lifelong friends. The educational process is much like the growth and development of the flower. We enter high school full of insecurity, without confidence, and dependent upon everyone about us for support. As time passes, the seed of learning, soon takes root with the aid of our parents. Passing from the fundamentals, we soon reach out for more education, just as the leaves of a plant build toward a final structure which will soon bear the awakening bud. With the help of the teachers, parents, and friends, the seed has now grown into a plant, but still depends on the food and care which all plants need. So in our last year of high school, with the excitement of graduation growing near, we picture the social adjustments we have made. We feel more keenly, the desire to get ahead, and we dispel our insecurity and lack of confidence. For as in the final change in our awakening bud, we truly have unfolded the beauty of a blos- soming four years of high school. Again, in behalf of my classmates, I bid you Welcome in a most sincere manner. 17