Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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SMITH ACADEMY 21 To the Freshman Class we leave a seven- cent bank account. We wish to have them financially supplied before they become Seniors. Sophomores — We leave to the sophomore class all the headaches of public speaking, the jitters of prize speaking night, and the relief when it ' s all over. May they survive as well as we, when we spoke. To the Junior Class — We of the Senior Class leave our successors nothing but ad- vice to study hard and to try to graduate without too much trouble a procedure which we Seniors wish we had followed. We hereunto set our hand and seal to this Testament, this eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun- dred and forty-seven. MARGARET VACHULA BERNICE BUCKOWSKI BERNARD SAWICKI Class Gifts BERNICE BUCHOWSKI— We feel sure that in the future Bernice will be a very successful police-woman. Just so that you will be able to handle those outlaws, Bern- ice, we are giving you this gun, so that you can practice upon your target shoot- ing and always be prepared. Lord have mercy on the outlaws! JOHN FORTSCH— When we needed help to present a movie we called for Fortschie. When we wanted someone to set up the microphone, we called for Fortschie ; and when we needed a chauffeur to take us out-of-town trips, we called for Forts- chie . Therefore, for his generous service to Smith Academy, we make our first down payment of one cent for Fortschi — all we have left in the treasury — and an I.O.U. to cover the balance. DAN FUSEK— As we all know, Dan has a very keen interest in the mechanisms of a car, so to aid him along the road to success, we have this littTe tool kit, which contains a file, a saw, a club, and a bottle of Kilroy Nitric Acid! ANNETTE KEMPISTY and JOANNE HOWARD— To both Annette and Joanne, who, on the Washington trip, were caught star-gazing into the eyes of three Span- iards, we present Spanish vocabulary books. I ' m sure these books will come in handy for their future correspondence. South America, take it away! LEONARD KARPINSKI— To Lenny we are giving a jar of cold cream. Don ' t you remember how, on our class trip, poor Lenny had such trouble with chapped lips? And how he kept knocking on the girls ' doors at night, asking for some cold cream? Now, Lenny, you won ' t have to bother any one for cold cream — here ' s some all your own. STANLEY KIERJCZYK— To Stanley, we proudly present this bottle of Jergen ' s lotion, so that his hands will be smooth and soft whenever he holds hands in the moonlight with a certain girl. STACIA KOSTEK— Stacia has proved to us that she is a secretary supreme: But in case you should make a mistake in your business career, here is a bottle of ink eradicator. However, we hope you don ' t have to resort to it too often. IRENE KRAULIS— We give our petite Rene these Adler Elevated Shoes. Now, when she goes dancing, these shoes will add height and a stately charm, and that six footer won ' t have to bend so far. JENNIE MAIEWSKI— For Jennie, our valedictorian, who has spent four years in perpetual study, we have this medal of honor. This medal certifies that you, Jen- nie, are sentenced to a life of leisure, and now that S. A. days are over, may you rest in everlasting peace. HELEN MICHALOWSKI— Helen is all set for the future, it seems. We know you ' ll make a very cute soda jerk, Helen, so we ' re going to prepare you, should an

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20 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO ment of being popular at the Square Dances with those Burgy Hillbillys. We hope, Vir- ginia, that you will take very good care of them, as Jo did. Annette Kempisty — bequeaths to Ethel Omasta the joy of being called a Blonde Bombshell by everyone; not only at school, but also by those laddies at the Square Dances. Stacia Kostek — leaves to Laura Pelc, a demure, quiet Junior lass, the expectation for the thrills of going on the Washington trip and having a wonderful time. Only one bit of advice, Laura, don ' t decide to not like studying when you come back. Alex Widelo — leaves to his brother Bobby the gun used in Dangerous Ladies, which had trouble going off. We hope that when Bobby uses it, the gun will prove to be more successful. Irene Kraulis — leaves to Nancy Holly all the candy bars, icebergs, apples and all-day suckers she could not eat while at Smith Academy, in the hope that Nancy will finish them. We hope over-eating will not affect Nancy too much. John Fortsch — thankfully gets rid of his most combustile chemistry set, leaving it to anyone who is tired of living. May the recipient rest in peace! Helen Michalowski — graciously donates her cute giggle to Janet Vollinger, so that Janet can cheer up and be as happy as Helen always is. Jennie Maiewski — leaves to Dorothy Skarzynski all the worries and troubles of getting school paper and yearbook material collected on time. We feel sure that Dorothy will carry on as well as Jennie managed. Bernard Sawicki — leaves all the addresses of his fellow stamp collectors all over the woi ' ld to the sophomore girls, so that they need have no fear of running short of pen pals. Principal Jakobek — We of the Senior Class think we ' d like to leave our worthy principal, in appreciation of his endeavors during the past n ; ne months, a new Z-13 speedboat, fully equipped with heater and radio, to insure comfort, so that he can use the Connecticut River as a short cut to S. A., since his Plymouth is on the verge of collapse, and won ' t be able to endure those long trips all the way from Hadley to Hatfield for the next school year. To Mrs. Pruzynski — Since you have been having trouble with your car. Mrs. Pruzy r n- ski, we have for you a super muffler, guar- anteed to last forever. Now the students will not be able to hear you come down the street. Mrs. Muller — To Mrs. Muller we bequeath a special hand-bag radar set, to aid her in locating the future French and Latin A.W.O.L. ' S. Mrs. Day — To Mrs. Day, our Home Eco- nomics teacher, we leave a robot-controlled helicopter to replace her slightly dilapidated limousine. It appears to be undergoing SUCH a heavy strain when filled with S. A. girls that one is forced to look twice at SUCH SUCHNESS. Mrs. O ' Neill— To Mrs. O ' Neill we leave a carton of freshly concocted bubble gum, which is guaranteed to produce extra-large bubbles. Now Mrs. O ' Neill can keep in rhythm with the next Junior ' s Chawing — Blowing Club. The French 3 class leaves Mrs. Muller a hot-off-the-press edition of the hair-sav- ing Frentogenuloskijapolia-English book, in order that she may translate that newly- discovered language used by her French and Latin psycho-cases. Mr. Symancyk — to Mr. Symancyk we leave a more intelligent Problems class, so that when he is talking about J . Edgar Hoover no one will be of the opinion that the subject of the day is Dick Tracy ' s latest escapade. Miss Ryan — to Miss Ryan, our patient home room teacher, we leave a new senior class with the hope that she does not get as many gray hairs from the new class as she did from us. To the Faculty as a whole we leave a life supply of assorted colors of boot polish to patch up those whitened streaks of hair. Is it possible that we innocent ones have has- tened the work of old Mother Nature?

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22 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO emergency arise! Here is a bottle opener, just in case the one at Terry ' s goes on strike. GERTRUDE PETRIKOSKI— It seems that Gertrude has been walking around in a trance ever since the Washington trip. A closer investigation revealed to us that she has lost her heart in Washington. So, for Gertrude, we have here an airplane to take her back to dreamland, deep in the heart of Washington. BERNARD SAWICKI— A nice row boat is your gift, Bernie. When your car is rest- ing from the night before, you may use this row boat to cross the Conecticut River and see the blond model from Had- ley, whom you met while on the class trip. LUCY SZYCH— We know it ' s hard for Lucy to make dates, over the neighbor ' s tele- phone, with that celebrated personage from Hadley. So to you, Lucy, we give this telephone, so that you may enjoy hour-long chats with that certain man, instead of having to hang up in just twenty minutes. MARGARET VACHULA— Since it looks as if Peg is going to follow in her sister ' s footsteps, we want to present her with this J. R. Wood art-carved diamond ring, to help matters a bit, since that North Hadley lad is so shy. Good luck, Peg! ALEX WIDELO— As many of you know. Alex was heard uttering some of the queerest noises during the study periods, and it grot so that uttering them became a favorite pastime with him. Therefore, in order that he may never fail to be a noise-maker, we present him with this brand new rattle. JANET ZUCHOWSKI— During her Senior year. Janet has been seen in and out of town in some of the latest model cars such as the Studebaker, the Oldsmobile, or the Pontiac. Therefore, to refresh her memory when she is at home, we jrive to Janet this beautiful new Studebaker. JENNIE MAIEWSKI IRENE KRAULIS JANET ZUCHOWSKI CKRTRUDE PETKIKOWSKI