Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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22 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO TO MR. BART ... We leave a supply of paper so that he may have enough to give to his Junior-Senior Aggie class, which he keeps very busy writing, writ- ing, and more writing. TO MRS. MULLER ... We leave a record- ing of her own voice saying, People, will will you please settle down now! to be used in her study periods. We are sure that this will save Mrs. Muller ' s time and energy. TO THE FRESHMEN ... We give nothing but advice: Don ' t study too hard or you ' ll have to use stove polish to cover those white streaks of hair. As you know, the brains are delicate; you may over-strain them and before you know it you will have a mental disorder. TO THE SOPHOMORES ... We leave this advice: Never hurry! Take it easy in S. A. as we did. Remember the old say- ing? Haste makes waste. TO THE JUNIORS ... We bequeath our ability to pull the wool over the teachers ' eyes. May the wool stay there all through your senior year, otherwise you will never make the grade. TO THE FACULTY AS A WHOLE . . . Lastly, but not leastly, we leave our dearly adored faculty our ability to take it on the chin and turn the other cheek, hoping that there is an especially nice heaven for the teachers, which will com- pensate them for all the agonies endured through these past four years. Now that we are graduating from these portals, dear teachers, may we forever bless you for getting rid of us as fast as you could. hundred and forty-six. TO THE BOOKKEEPING CLASS OF ' 47 . . . The Bookkeeping class of ' 46 leaves to the new class a bottle of ink iradicator. If used correctly you will be able to get away with as much as we did. Warning: Don ' t get caught using this magic poi- son for better bookkeeping marks. It ' s dangerous ! In witness whereof, we have hereto sub- scribed our names and affix the seal of Smith Academy, this ninth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine Signed, ROBERT PELC, NELLIE KORZA, VICKY ZAWACKI.

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SMITH ACADEMY 21 BARBARA TOBACCO . . . Leaves to Jen- nie Maiewski all her memories and good times at Redman ' s, the square dances, the parties, in hope that they will faith- fully be carried out by her beneficiary. VICKY ZAWACKI . . . Leaves to her sis- ter Lucy all her unfinished school work, so that Vicky can go dancing at Redman ' s or White Eagle ' s and have a swell time. For homework never stopped Vicky from going to the dances. NELLIE KORZA . . . Leaves to Irene Kraulis one of her many desires — to be able to travel to New Hampshire very, very often. We know Irene will enjoy these many trips as much as Nellie has. ROBERT PELC . . . Our version of a glamour boy, leaves to his brother, Carl, all his secrets of getting around with the girls and not having anyone know about it. EVELYN SZEWCZYK . . . Leaves her laughing spells, brilliant ideas and her winning personality to Jeanette Niewin- ski who, we know, will carry on the same as Evelyn did. SHIRLEY BETSOLD . . . Leaves to Dicky Labbee a wheelbarrow, so that he may carry his books to and from school with- out trouble. Although Shirley never did too much work all the books she carried home gave a good impression. PAULINE WIDELO . . . The glamour girl of our class, leaves to Helen Micha- lowski all her charm and personality so that Helen can attract all the boys at the square dances as Pauline did in the past. JOAN BANGS . . . Leaves to Joanne Howard her memories of the fun and good times while at the square dances — especially memories of the few friends from Burgy. JENNIE CACKOWSKI . . . Leaves to Lucy Szych a 1946 Ford coupe, so that she and her companion can make many en- joyable trips to Hadley and back instead of having to travel by bus. BERNIE KACINSKI ... The Casanova of our class, leaves to Sonny Proulx his ability to slide through the door just as the melodious echo of the gong is vibrat- ing through the corridors. WILLIAM MULLINS . . . The dream boy of our class, leaves to Dannie Fusek his Geormetry book of problems. Bill hopes Dannie will not be in a daze while in Geormetry class and will find Geometry not so confusing as he did. FOR MR. LARKIN . . . Our worthy prin- cipal, we have hired a secretary to do the office work. We hope this secretary will be even more efficient than the senior girls of the advanced typing class who have been here, trying to keep your office work up to date. TO MRS. PRUZYNSKI ... We leave a new electric Victrola which changes the records by itself so that Mrs. Pruzynski can sit comfortably in a soft easy chair and give the assignments to her students instead of having to jump up to change the record each time. TO MR. SYMANCZYK ... We leave a donkey and a go-cart so that the athletic supplies may be carried down to the athletic field without any over-exerting on the boys ' part. TO MISS CONNELLY ... Our Home Eco- nomics teacher, we leave a large supply of equipment which includes: Needles, pins and cloth, so that Miss Connelly will not have to keep racing up to the Greenfield mill all the time for supplies, and we hope she will thus save wear and tear on her car. We also express to Miss Connelly, who is leaving Smith Academy, our sincere thanks for all the good work she did for S. A. while she was here. And our best wishes for a successful future. TO MISS RYAN . . . Our home-room teacher during the past year, we leave many memories of that terrible noisy Senior Class. We also leave our appre- ciation for enduring that noise, and the warning that if she thought we were bad, the new Senior Class has something in store for you.

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SMITH ACADEMY 23 Class Gifts Barbara Tobacco — We know that Barbara has a hard time sneaking out during the middle of the week so, we have — oh no — we can ' t give her a skeleton key as she already has managed to obtain one. In- stead, may we present to Barbara To- bacco, this tall blonde sailor. Of course he isn ' t the real McCoy, but he will do, won ' t he? You see Barbara just loves those men in coats of navy blue. Shirley Betsold — Look what I have for you, yes, a nice new 1946 Chevvie. Now you can go anywhere you wish, that is, of course, if you can make it go. As a result you ' ll be able to visit your aunt more often, but really Shirley, is it you ' re aunt you go to see? I wonder! Joan Bangs — Joan is what could be called a chiseler. Though she has some of her own she would rather take some one else ' s. Do you ever borrow letter paper when you write to Kicky? I ' ve found out that writing to him take up a lot of your time. I honestly tried to get some for you, but you know — money doesn ' t grow on trees so, I have for you this supply of composition paper. If you don ' t use it to write to that certain sailor you might use it to write notes. The kind of notes you wrote in Washington. Remember Room 505! Evelyn Szewczyk — Evelyn, who is that Don you met on the homeward ride from New York? What was it that he gave to you as a remembrance of him? Could it be French money? That ' s what I heard. It ' ll get tattered and torn if you carry it around very much longer. As a means of preservation I give you this scrapbook. It certainly is a scrap book but you ' ll have to forgive me as I just couldn ' t get a nice small one in the 5 10 cent store, so this is my best substitution. Do you think you ' ll be able to use it? Joseph Blyda — It seemed as though Joe had a hard time trying to get up to the fifth floor in the Hotel Plaza. Poor Joe. He was always caught in the act. Well, just in case you take another trip and forget what floor your room is on, I give to you this magic powder. It will make you in- visible to everyone but that certain dark- haired girl from North Hatfield. Take a powder, Joe. Robert Pelc — Tell me, Bob, will you ever forget that night you acted as a lieu- tenant at the play ? You certainly made all the girls ' hearts jump. I tried to get some lieutenant bars for you, but that was impossible so — well, to remind you of the play, for valor on your part with the basketball team and for your tech- nique of charming girls, I give you this medal of honor. It ' s just a cheap thing, but its meaning is the same. Bill Mullins — Bill, our six-footer, has quite a time, it seems, maneuvering in and out of low places. No doubt when he takes out a certain girl from South Deerfield with the initials A. W., and called Agnes, he has quite a job bending over, so in order to prevent his back from aches and pains we have here a bottle of Sloan ' s liniment which is sure to aid his case. Victoria Zawacki — Vicky, who is constantly seen at the Polish dances, has quite a time finding transportation getting there, but when once she reaches her destination she has little trouble finding a way home. So in order to save her all the worrying about transportation to get to Redmen ' s and White Eagle ' s, we leave this bus pass which will take her anywhere, any time, one way. Caroline Kosior — To Caroline who, along with a few other girls, was caught play- ing Juliet to a bunch of sailors on the street in front of the hotel window in Washington, we leave this invisible ink, so that the next time the information gets into the wrong hands, the message will be unreadable. Velma (Jmasta — Clear the way! It seems Velma has just obtained her driver ' s li- cense. Although she has ridden through a few vegetable patches and streamlined the car a bit here and there, her case is pretty clear. So, in order to keep her on the safe side we bought her this new