Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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SOPHOMORES SOPHOMORE NEWS The officers for the Class of 1952 are: presi- dent — Thomas Romanowski, vice-president — Mitchell Backiel, secretary — Anna Kukucka, treasurer — Margaret Englehardt, Student Coun- cil representative — Thomas Prucnal, sergeant-at- arms — Leonard Majeskey. The class advisor is Mrs. Spakowski. The sophomore class was well represented in soccer for almost half the boys on the team were sophomores. Although the season wasn ' t too suc- cessful, our boys played their best all the time. The sophomore athletes who received soccer let- ters were: Mitchell Backiel, William Korza, George Klocko, Thomas Romanowski, Thomas Prucnal and Connie Pelis. A Hallowe ' en dance sponsored by our class on October 27, 1949, was a great success. This dance was on the Verge of being a complete failure, when a hired orchestra didn ' t show up. Through the hard work of the music committee and Mrs. Spakowski, a student band was rounded up and because of these amateur musicians the good name and reputation of our class was upheld. Many sophomores went out for basketball, and although we won only five games our boys fought all the way. Sophomore athletes who received first team uniforms were: William (Buckwheat) Kor- za, George (Machek) Klocko, Thomas (Romo) Romanowski, Thomas (Prutzy) Prucnal and Leo- nard (Spook) Majeskey. Class athletes who saw Junior Varsity action were: Connie (Kostek) Pelis, Mitchell (Bouncer) Backiel, Eugene (Euj) Staszko and Euclid (Rocky) Laroque. The sophomores came through with flying col- ors again when they took the annual inter-class tournament by trouncing the Freshmen 69 to 27. This is the second year that our class has taken the championship of this event; we took it last year as Freshmen. This year-book goes to press before I can name any sophomore baseball players or tell about the success of the baseball team, but with the en- thusiasm shown beforehand, I can tell that the sophomores will be well represented on this club. GLADYS HIDING

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SMILES JUNIOR CLASS On September 14, the Junior class held a meet- ing for the purpose of electing officers for the year. Under the supervision of Miss Ryan, the class advisor; Donald Jandzinski was elected presi- dent; Eugene La France, vice-president; Robert Hojnoski, secretary; and Henry Kabat, treasurer. The c ' .a:s was represented in the Student Council by Donald Jandzinski and Phyllis Kochan. As is the tradition, the Junior class was host at the Freshman Initiation Dance. With the the help of the class members, a successful party was pro- duced. In March the class took over the concession (selling refreshments at Saturday night Square Dances) at the Town Hall. The profits went into the treasury, to be used in the Senior year. The Juniors were very pleased to have four boys, Chester Foster, Robert Hojnoski, Henry Ka- bat, and Donald Jandzinski participating in bas- ketball this year. They all showed fine sportsman- ship and it is hoped that they will keep up the good work next year. The Juniors were also very pleased to have three girls from the class — Mari- lyn Pclc, Nancy Barsh, and Phyllis Kochan — as cheerleaders. Many reported for the senior play tryouts, and those taking part in the play were Patricia Mason, Donald Jandzinski, Mildred No- vak, Phyllis Kochan, Eleanor Vollinger, and Fran- cis Godin.

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23 STRONG FUTURE HOPE FRESHMAN NEWS Twenty-three new girls and boys entered Smith Academy last September to begin their Freshman year in high school. They elected as their class officers, Carl Wendoloski, president; Jane Dugal, vice-president: Sylvia Raffa, secretary and Judy Ryan, treasurer. Student council representative is- Fred Belden. Mr. Cassidy was unanimously chosen to act as class advisor. Because all the Frosh boys went out for basket- ball, it was decided to have them make up a sep- arate team. The boys did well in all their games, winning eight and losing six. Mr. Symancyk coached them and their classmates hope that next season some of them will make the Junior Varsity. For playing such fine basketball this year, the class awarded each player a Frosh letter. The girls, too, have a good team. It is hoped by all that next year the girls will make up a second team for Smith Academy. The Freshman Dance was held on April 14th at the Memorial Town Hall, with Ray Black ' s Orchestra furnishing the music for dancing. A wishing well was placed in the center of the floor and pennies were thrown in and wishes made. Colors for decorations were mostly green, white and purple. White letters spelling out FROSH were set against the stage. With all Freshmen do- ing their best to help, the dance was a great success.